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Beauty in decay
Long after the flowers bloom, what remains is strikingly beautiful, even on a grey December day. Friends on Instagram call this “lovely dead crap” — a fitting description.
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To document yesterday’s winter solstice and the longest night of the year, I lit a candle in front the holiday lights in my window. A blessed solstice to all! May you enjoy the longer days of light that are to come.
View more →Pine cone secrets
Wispy
The milkweed’s patience
I find it fascinating that in the end, milkweed plants put all of their energy into their seeds, only to have them wait to be released, wait for the wind to hopefully send them to fertile ground, wait through the winter, and wait to finally become a new milkweed plants in the spring.
View more →November prairie grass
White snakeroot
Blooming butterflies
A few shots from this year’s Blooming Butterflies at Olbrich Gardens. Above is a giant swallowtail.
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