There are some pretty immense patches of nettles along the eastern most trail in the wetlands. The trail runs along the Wakarusa River through the woods for a half mile or so. I had been interested in how each plant displays a very flat arrangement of leaves at the top of the plant. I was able to get a drawing to approximate it from the side, using a ball point pen that I found in the car, as I had forgotten to put anything in my pocket to draw with.
Here is another plant, drawn a little more from the top. Shannon gave me a 3 legged camping stool for father's day which I was sitting on for these pencil sketches that I finished up with some ink at home. As kids we used to run through this stuff on the way to the river, sometimes chased by a billy goat. Fortunately the blisters seldom lasted even until we returned home for supper.
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