Frost covering green leaves of a black-eyed Susan.

Frost covering a seed head

Frost at the neighborhood park this morning.

Fuzzy grey seed heads in brown paper bag.

Fuzzy seed heads in tree branch.

Seeding sweet Joe Pye weed in small riparian woodland restoration. Seeds from my yard. In addition to tossing seeds by hand, I like to stick a few of the seed heads in trees to kinda mimic how they might naturally disperse. #nativeplants

River west of town.

Seeds looking a bit like dried pea pods in a brown paper bag.

Did some seeding today in a small riparian woodland where I've been clearing away bush honeysuckle and winter creeper. These are redbud seeds mostly from the tree in my yard. #nativeplants

Always a sucker for running water. Melting snow has renewed this little stream which had run dry in the drought.

Blank and white image of a small river with tree-lined banks that have a light dusting of snow.

River looking east from the boat ramp.

Shredded bits of yellow fruit on the snow

Squirrels chewing up the hedge apples to beat the cold.

Snow covering bergamot stalks.

Snow covering aster stalks .

1st snow of the year in Kansas. Hope the bugs appreciate all the stalks I left up for them.

New $17.5-million initiative aims to restore Alabama Black Belt prairie: ‘Good for land and people’ A new program from the Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee will help landowners in the Black Belt restore the once-plentiful prairie habitat.

Grants for restoration of #nativeplants in Alabama.
www.al.com/news/montgom...

Do you use anything on the stumps?

Yellow locomotive in a train yard a bit obscured by fog.

Bit of morning fog

I visited a great-aunt and uncle in 1973 who still did not have running water.

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Another unplowed Missouri prairie remnant moves into conservation ownership The Missouri Prairie Foundation purchased the 38.8-acre property near Joplin in early November.

Missouri Prairie Foundation purchases about 40 acres of prairie, most it unplowed. Land is in southwest Missouri.
www.ksmu.org/news/2025-11...

Large made of white asters blooming by a street curb.

Possibly the last #nativeplants still blooming in Kansas.

Mix of seed heads in a brown paper bag

Mix of seeds in a white plastic bucket

Seeding restoration by the boat ramp. These are going in an area where we killed Johnson grass with a black tarp . Has some black-eyed susans & goldenrod, but needs a boost of #nativeplants .Bucket is purple poppy mallow, white indigo & blue indigo. Bag is ironweed & rigid goldenrod.

Weekly protest in Eudora Kansas.
#antitrump #wethepeople #yourvoicematters #voteblue #resistance

Black and white image of a small river with tree-lined banks.

River from the bridge on the edge of town.

Crescent moon in a dusky sky with light from sunset visible below.

New moon in Kansas

Roof gutter full of leaves.

Super glad I cleaned out the gutters just a week ago.

Small brown millipede on a concrete sidewalk.

Late fall millipede.

Brown triangular seed on a white sheet with scattered black hairs.

Brown triangular seed on a beige cloth over a wooden table.

Working lately in a small restoration that has a good population of tick-trefoils. Upside is seeing #nativeplants thrive. Downside is I can never seem to get all the sticktight seeds off my clothes & find them all over. These were on a kitchen placemat & a bed sheet (with some dog hair).

Diagonally vertical steel support beam with triangular pattern. Green foliage in background.

Here's a rusty bridge support just because I have a weird affection for rusty bridge supports.

Restocking the Neosho mucket, an endangered mussel.

www.cjonline.com/story/news/s...

Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.

Missouri AG using #ICE to interfere in elections. She claims that org collecting signatures for referendum to overturn gerrymander is using illegal aliens & has alerted ICE to investigate. Has no evidence to back claim. Just fear mongering. Gift link to article.
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Charcoal scattered on a patch of grass.

Dug up a small piece of a brome grass field to prep it for seeding some prairie plants. The soil is not great, so I added a bit of the biochar I made this summer.

Lawrence groups to hold public meeting about plans for Cameron’s Bluff trail system Friends of Lawrence Area Trails on Wednesday will host a public meeting to share details about Cameron's Bluff, a new trail system, park and open space in development in Lawrence.

New green space along the Kansas River
lawrencekstimes.com/2025/11/18/f...

It's always eerie looking when they harvest in the dark because the combines kick up so much dust.

Rare Egyptian Vulture Returns to Junnar Grasslands After Decades, Sparking Hope Among Conservationists - Punekar News - Rare Egyptian Vulture Returns to Junnar Grasslands After Decades, Sparking Hope Among Conservationists

Little bit of good news for the Egyptian #vulture in India.
www.punekarnews.in/rare-egyptia...