Saw this scene on Sunday after Jason and I finished leading a praire field trip and had to stop and take a photo — it threatened rain all day, but we just had a few drops. You gotta love Texas roadsides in the spring. More pictures to come — in the meantime, have you seen […]
Nature
Critters, wildflowers, prairies, butterflies, and more!
A year ago…
A little over a year ago today — well, it was a exactly a year ago when I created this layout — I saw the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time. What a wonderful day. Jason and I had spent the whole day hiking around the Presidio. Then just as the fog started rolling […]
Happy 1st of May!
How did it get to be May already? Hope yours is great! I’m working on an assignment right now, so nothing that I can show you — but — some things I’ve been working on for Hero Arts are up on the website, including this — love that bee! Speaking of bees, how do you […]
Another 3191 moment
“That’s a pretty lunch”, said Jason. “Hey did you see what’s finally blooming!?! (pointing with excitement out the kitchen window) Can you take a picture for me?” Click. Another 3191 moment. The wildflower is Herbertia lahue (also known as Prairie Nymph), a prairie iris. We planted the bulbs about 3 years ago, this is the […]
Prairie parsley and friend.
Taken this morning in the back garden. Prairie parsley is a great plant for wildlife gardening — neat bees and wasps pollinate it, and it is a larval host plant for black swallowtail butterflies. It’s also edible — yum. That’s a clump of switchgrass in the background — another great prairie plant.