I’ve been plant sitting the past few days for my friend Scott. He grows hard-to-find native plants for area preserves, and I got to water them. I took my camera along today to see what I could see in the garden.
Nature
Critters, wildflowers, prairies, butterflies, and more!
Plant of the month.
Jason: Working on the business presentation for the meeting tonight of the Austin chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. I need a plant of the month. Lisa: We should make it Barbara’s Buttons! You can use the pictures from my blog. Jason: Hmmm, okay. But there aren’t any closeups. Lisa: Hold one one […]
You never know what you’ll find…
…in a prairie. This Usually looks like this There was a whole patch of ’em, too. Growing side by side. One more reason to save every prairie remnant that we can — each one is special and unique. In case you are wondering, these are called Indian blankets or firewheels. Photos taken on Saturday at […]
A day bookended by Barbara’s buttons can’t be bad.
Saturday Jason and I led a field trip to Simpson Prairie near Crawford, TX. (Yep, that Crawford.) It was so beautiful. I took tons of pictures, but my fave is this one of some Barbara’s buttons. They are so fragrant — wish I could bottle up the smell up and save it for later. Mmmmmm. […]
And what have we here, hmmm?
That’s what I imagine this little anole was thinking, anyhow. He seemed to be intently watching me the whole time I was watching him, ha! Hope you have a great weekend.