“What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!” ― Roland R Kemler Every spring I give myself at least one afternoon to go wildflower hunting. And so, since the sun was shining today and the wildflowers were bound to be blooming, I took off for the creek with the dogs, Marley and Frankie. That …
A Wildflower Walk
“What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!” ~Roland R Kemler When spring starts warming up and flowers start blooming, my feet get itchy to take a walk down the creek to check on the wildflowers that grow over in a cliff area on my farm. Spring just isn’t right if I miss seeing …
Take a Walk with Frankie and Me
Take a walk with Frankie and me down the creek as we go hunting wildflowers. Every spring I try to find a good day, at least once and even better twice, in the spring to go wildflower hunting. It’s not an easy quest. The path down to the creek is steep and rocky. You can slide down if you’re not …
Wildflower Weekend
A busy time here at the farm for Easter weekend. While all the family didn’t get to come, some of them did. My daughter and her husband and their German shepherd went wildflower hunting with me on Saturday morning. Actually my son-in-law was more into searching for fossils. So we found flowers blooming now and looked for evidence of long …
A Flower a Day Keeps the Winter Wearies Away
A New Flower to Name Are you ready for another flower? I’ve been searching through my flower book hoping I can find the right name for this one. I may have to make up a name myself, but I think I have it narrowed down. When identifying flowers, sometimes the pictures in the flower books vary a little from my …
Creeks, Cliffs and Wildflowers
Lots to do! Deadline zooming toward me for my work in progress and the words are coming slow. Chores need doing! New floor going down in the kitchen and bathroom and new room. New floors going down need everything moved off them! Not enough hours in the day. Sometimes it’s hard getting everything done since I have to spend so …