The storm before last took a large limb off the magnolia tree. It tore a lot of bark off too. I was looking out the south window on Monday evening and noticed the magnolia was flowering again. Most of

This is the last part of "Walk With Me- Watch the Park Bloom." Part One can be found HERE, Part 2 can be found Here, and Part 3 can be found HERE. I went back to the park another month later

I thought this was a Cottonwood Tree but my research has this as a Sandbar Willow Shrub. Well, actually it is a thicket of said shrubs. Here I thought that willows only came in tree form but I learned

I found honeysuckle berries in two different locations last summer. This first set of three photos were found along side of a road next to a parking lot. Honeysuckle flowers begin to bloom in the spring

American Pokeweed blooms from summer to early fall and this is the end result Let's start from the beginning. Pokeweed blooms from summer to early fall and this is what the plant looked like as it began

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Cabbage White Butterflies like to sip the nectar of a variety of flowers, with thistle being one of them. This one is a male. How do I know? Because it has one black spot on its forewing. Females have

I did a post a couple of weeks ago on Musk or Nodding Thistle which can be seen here: source Today I am showing photos of Bull Thistle. This weed was brought into the U.S. in the early 1800's when the

I found this tree last summer, on July 28th and walked closer to look at the leaves to see what kind of tree this was, but I still didn't know. Then I looked up and saw something in the tree. I didn't

I was in a field last summer and stood under a tree to get out of the sun, and thought it would be neat for you to see my view of trees from the tree I was standing under. I am not sure what kind of tree

Horntail wasps are in the family Siricidae and they are wood boring wasps. Thankfully, this menacing looking wasp does not sting people or pets. The long thing at the end of the abdomen is not a stinger;

The three most common thistle species are Musk, Bull and Tall. I found these Musk or commonly called, Nodding Thistle plants in a field last summer. In early May to August, the flowers appear. A mature

Alaskan Raven He's looking down while I'm #lookingup new tag by @melinda010100! Taken with the Nikon D7500 at the wildlife park a few months back during late summer. This is a #outofseason photo a new

I found this beautiful Monarch in a field feeding on nectar of this thistle flower last July. Butterflies have their very own built in straws which is called a proboscis, to sip the nectar. The proboscis

Spring moose on the loose, as this little guy was growing up he would run away from mom and she would go looking for him. He would come running out of the trees kicking his hooves. He was a little mad