Earth Day and Wildflowers

Mammals. Birds. Even lizards are celebrated on Earth Day. Often wildflowers are overlooked. Certain years the Llano Estacado gets the right weather conditions with rains, warmer temperatures, and lesser freezing days. Those conditions come together bringing the sandy soils to life with a magical carpet of primroses, spectacle pods, scrambled eggs, Tahoka daisy, and beeblossom…

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Happy Earth Day, 2023

“To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” — John Burroughs Happy Earth Day, 2023! Taken at Mulehose National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, April 2023. Pictured is Plains Dozedaisy.

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