Ozlandclone 🌪️ 🩵💛🩵

Spirited crowd at the Legends in Wyandotte County, Kansas (KCK). It was moving and for a little while, gave me hope.
#nokings

Good crowd!

That's what I'm thinking!

It's aster time! I have never seen so many monarchs, bumble bees and other pollinators in my yard. I had 6 monarchs on my New England aster at one time! Maybe they are on their migration. Anyway, shows how important late season natives are. 🌱 #nativeplants, #pollinators

Same. Had the swamps at my last house and there were so many. Can't get the swamps to grow in my new, drier, yard.

Finally, I got a monarch cat on common milkweed. First time in 3 years. 🌱 #nativeplants #pollinators #pixel7pro

Same. I just sewed a top and avoided my hubs, the Hawkeye fan.

And I'm glad it's not a player!

Sadly, it's mine. Got a red cast at KU med, put on by a Kstate tech with my embellishments.

A buckeye butterfly feeds on my late season liatris. I can't remember what I planted, but I think it's aspera. 🌱 #nativeplants

YouTube video by The Bulwark The Man Who Saw MAGA Coming (w. Matthew MacWilliams)

Ya, while being informative, this makes me sad.

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Inter-species kerfuffle: behind the eastern tiger swallowtail is a monarch battling for the same zinnia. After a brief dust up in the air, they took turns feeding on the flower. 🌱#pollinators

A fritillary of some kind feeds on my Red Whisker Clammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra, on a hot Kansas day. This is my first time planting clammyweed. It's an annual but I have the feeling I'll be seeing it for years to come. 🌱 #nativeplants #pollinators

A tale of two vibes.

I feel this guy's pain. 😅

On the shores of beautiful Lake Superior, Algoma District, Ontario. ❤️

#nature #photography #lakesuperior #Canada

YouTube video by The Bulwark How Trump’s USAID Cuts Wrecked Lives and Killed Children

This just totally breaks my heart. 💔

Cool! We just finished One of Ours which I liked better than I thought I would. Was especially interested after visiting the WWI museum in KC.

Love Willa Cather. A couple of former co-workers and I have a little Willa book club. We also visited her home site in Red Cloud, NE.

Nice! The birds are already eating the seeds of some of mine. That's the kind of wildlife I want to attract.

Looks like a baby? How can something so little be so destructive!

So sorry. I only have any because I used (green) chicken wire to protect them. The green wire makes it look a little less stupid.

E. angustifolia, narrow leaf CF, is the best for my area- hotter and dryer and they're shorter so they fit in an urban landscape better. I first saw these in the Loess Hills north of Council Bluffs, IA.

Purple coneflowers are my favorite. Here are 2 of the 4 species I have: Echinacea pallida -pale PCF - and Echinacea paradoxa - yellow coneflower. This year I have successfully saved most of my PCFs from the ravenous groundhog. 😄 #nativeplants🌱

I remember it as something used to make one vomit- so for poisoning. However, I just researched it and the medicine comes from a different plant grown in South America. I was hoping it would make the groundhog sick because it's a rodent and I don't think rodents can throw up. Darn

Gillenia stipulata, American ipecac, is blooming now, though the plant is known more for its striking fall foliage color. I thought it might be ruined when the groundhog chewed it down this spring, but he actually helped it be less leggy. 🌱 #nativeplants

Oh wait, maybe this one.