As the cicadas sang their summer song while taking in this scene, I was thankful for this pollinator garden for many reasons. Here they are… The first reason was friendship. The friend I was sitting by has become a dear friend and one I wish I could see every week. The other friend I…
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This 2019 year so far has been a blessing due to all the rains. The severe storms we all could without but the rain like water for our bodies is needed for the land. With this year’s rains, they have given us an abundant beauty in wildflowers, especially bluebonnets. Last year a Quanah, Texas…
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Driving through blinding blowing dirt from unplowed fields to high water over the roads, we were expecting a bountiful array of wildflower blooms at the Muleshoe NWR due to all the rains we’ve been getting on the Llano Estacado. What greeted us was near-drought conditions that come with blowing dirt with the loud crunchiness…
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Her gravesite photo was hidden behind a sea of bluebonnets. Oh, to have met her long ago. She was born on Christmas Day and died before a new year began. She was only 22. She loved horses. She married a rancher and had one child. She did not ride sidesaddle. Oh, the sights she must…
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Forgotten Winds 