A visit to the (indoor) spring flower show at Olbrich Botanical Gardens is the antidote for a very cold and blustery day.
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Fleeting beauty
Enjoy and appreciate beauty while you can, for it may soon be gone. Feeling a little introspective today…
View more →September gold
I used to think those huge fields of goldenrod were to blame for the severe seasonal allergies I experience this time of year. I recently learned that goldenrod does not cause allergies. Pollen from the inconspicuously drab ragweed flowers (which appear at the same time) is the culprit.
All those goldenrod blossoms look a little more beautiful to me now.
Japanese anemone
I can always count on a visit to Olbrich Botanical Gardens to brighten up a dreary day. Japanese anemone (a.k.a. Japanese thimbleweed)
View more →In a wild state
“I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men’s beginning to redeem themselves.”
– Henry David Thoreau
Waiting for lunch
An ambush bug waits patiently on a black-eyed Susan for a meal to drop by.
Red, white and blue
A collection of Mother Nature’s red, white, and blue explosions. Happy 4th of July!
Early sunflowers
I came across a couple of sunflowers at a local community gardens yesterday. This first one was a little more shy than the other one I saw.
View more →Invasive beauty
Dame’s rocket is a beautiful wildflower, unfortunately it’s also an invasive species. This section of Calumet County Park is a perfect example of how easily it can spread and choke out native plant life.
View more →Azalea dream
