The Great Wildflower Houdini

While at Burr Oak Woods a while back, I captured what is sometimes referred to as “The Great Houdini of Wildflowers”, the Yellow Sweet Clover. This is a non-native plant, originally arriving from Eurasia. It is a highly drought-resistant plant that is often planted for hay, pasture and green manure. But it “escapes” cultivation and […]

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Fun Friday: Wildflower or Weed?

I’m back after a day off … had such a full day on Wednesday that I needed yesterday to catch up and relax! And even then, I managed to get out for a few hours of kayaking a rural waterway near my house; I was fortunate to be able to capture some wonderful images of […]

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One Day Closer!

Over the weekend, I had a few errands to run around the big city (Kansas City), so I took my point/shoot camera (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) along with me and stopped by a wonderful conservation area to check on the woodland wildflowers there. I was pleasantly surprised to see things were moving quite rapidly towards […]

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