To those who know me personally, they know that spectacle pod is one of my favorite wildflowers growing on the Llano Estacado. It is a rare beauty that adores sandy soil areas. The smell of this flower is peppery.
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Carpet of Yellow Blooms
Happy Wildlife Wednesday! Thankful for the recent rains here on the Llano Estacado in Texas because they bring much-needed blooms for all the pollinators, as well as a carpet of visual color to the landscape. Flowers have been deeply missed these last two years in this region due to a lack of rainfall. Prickly pear…
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Small Country Church on the Llano Estacado
On a brisk Sunday, February afternoon, I stepped through a narrow wooden door of this small country church to pay my last respects to my grandmother’s niece. Covid finally claimed someone I personally knew. This church has stood for over a hundred years on the far eastern edge of the Llano Estacado. And it truly…
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The History Behind the Tahoka Daisy
The first Texas native wildflower that became ingrained in my memory while working on saving a historic Texas ranch headquarters was a little purple, aster flower. Often it was a single stem flower and sometimes it grew in massive patches. Its growth pattern was correlated with annual rainfall amounts. The purple aster flower in…
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Forgotten Winds 