Back in May, I planted a butterfly garden. I bought various native nectar plants and some host milkweeds, the rest was filled in with annual zinnias and cosmos. I honestly didn’t expect much the first year. I figured the perennials would grow and really produce results in a year or so. I was pleasantly surprised, in the …
Partly cloudy and 75°F. I took these photos in mid August of this year. I was coming into Ruidoso from the north on highway 37. In June of 2012 a lightning strike started the Little Bear Fire that burned around 44,000 acres of land and 254 buildings. Three years later the land is slowly recovering. It was heartbreaking to see …
Cloudy and wet, 75°F. This is my final post from Beavers bend. Leaving Broken Bow, I went out Highway 3 towards Antlers. Not far away I saw some beauty and had to pull over. The narrow leaved coneflower. Beautiful flower. Just opened At its prime. a little closer the interesting detail! Since there was flooding that …