The Llano Estacado is not empty, nor is it merely a stretch of barren earth and endless plowed fields. Beneath its vast skies, life still stirs quietly among the dust and wind. Does wildlife struggle here? Without question. The rains are scarce, the winds relentless, and the summer heat unforgiving. Survival on the High Plains…
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“In your heart, you already know.” – Zen Saying My heart belongs to flowers and wildflowers. Where does your heart belong? What is this yellow beauty? Showy Evening Primrose. 💛 It is the first to emerge after a long nap from the previous spring. They are a low growing flower that brings a delightful brightness…
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When the world gives you nothing but crap and pain all in one week, chocolate daisies come to the rescue to make you shoutout in glee when you discover them. A large patch of these divine daisies were discovered in Seminole, Texas this week. This is March, not April. Our rains have been nonexistent, but…
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” There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton In Terry County, Texas on Highway 380 is a replica of Jesus’ Tomb. I have passed a hundred times, yet never stopped. On a super windy Friday, we stopped, we observed, and we were…
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Forgotten Winds 