“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Are we sure Emerson didn’t write this for this Century? In one CRP field alone I counted up to thirty species of flowers and grasses. I was able to do this because I stopped and noticed what was…
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Give Me Plants
Give me plants and flowers any day over dealing with people. The world has changed. People are more stressed. People are meaner. People do not give enough grace anymore. Grace has literally had the door slammed in its face. Smiles are out the door. Kindness is long forgotten. It’s a me world. Give me plants.…
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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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Smiling Wildflowers
The Llano Estacado is smiling now with blooms of wildflowers. Rose Heath is one of the first blooms of spring here in the Llano. They are often in small patches of fewer than twenty blooms. It is rare sight to see such a beautiful specimen like this of a hundred blooms or more. Yes, yes,…
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Forgotten Winds 