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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Strike a pose…
For some reason I love seeing the cows out in the field on this hillside. I pass it when I’m on the way home from Mount Horeb and the library. It always makes me smile to see them freely wandering … Continue reading
Roadside blooms…
While driving home from dropping Lilly off at the vet in Mount Horeb to have her teeth cleaned, I took time to notice what was blooming along the road. There were so many different clumps of flower along this route. … Continue reading
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Tagged columbine, dame's rocket, Dane County, golden alexander, Nature Report, Primrose WI, WI, wild geranium, wild lupine, Wisconsin
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Other small jewels of the prairie…
Spring and early summer are the time of the small flower. Blue-eyed grass, yellow star grass and the sandwort are very small, yet spectacular flowers. All the flowers are dime sized or smaller and could easily be overlooked by people … Continue reading
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Tagged blue-eyed grass, Prairie, Primrose WI, sandwort, WI, Wisconsin, yellow star grass
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Meeting the neighboring artists…
This past Sunday John and I decided to meet some of the artists on the MHAAA Spring Art Tour, a tour of artist studios in Verona, Mount Horeb, Blue Mounds, Black Earth, Mazomanie, and Cross Plains. We wanted to learn … Continue reading
Blowing in the wind…
Prairie smoke with their billowing heads are a spectacular sight in the prairie. They are low-growing plants not more than 9 inches tall. When they flower they have white hair-like flowers that blow in the wind giving the impression of … Continue reading
Its is about patience… and surprises!
Restoring a prairie is about patience. It is about seeing things differently. If you want lots of instant blooms, plant annuals… and I have a small annual garden. But if you want a prairie there is time involved. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged patience, Prairie, Primrose WI, sand cherry, shooting star, suprises, WI, Wisconsin
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The hill is alive with…
Our remnant prairie is a goat prairie, as I mentioned in an earlier post; it is also a dry praire and the perfect environment for wood-betony. This year we have a spectacular bloom of wood-betony covering a large area on the … Continue reading
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Tagged hoary puccoon, Prairie, Primrose WI, WI, Wisconsin, wood betony
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Hide n’ seek…
Every spring I watch for the morels. Once I spot one then starts the game of hide n’ seek. If we have burned recently and I see one, I start to see them all over. However, if we have not … Continue reading
Reflections from the Prairie 
