Common Name: Prairie Coneflower Scientific name: Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. Family: Asteraceae (Compositae) Aster/Sunflower Family Other names: columnar prairie coneflower long headed coneflower Mexican hat red-spike Mexican-hat upright prairie coneflower Description General Perennial,Continue reading
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Embers from the Fury
When their lives were taken leaving countless hearts all shaken, our grateful breaths became the embers of the furies the world remembers. We will not forget their sacrifice that stain and strain our hearts.Continue reading
Decorticate
de·cor·ti·cate verb past tense: decorticated; past participle: decorticated technical remove the bark, rind, or husk from. “decorticated peanuts” subject to surgical decortication. Yesterday, I taught my visitor how to decorticate cardamom pods using a paperContinue reading
Dandelion Wishes
~Marlene Lacey They love you, they love you not An answer comes with petals plucked. Remember your childhood, recall your dreams flying with their blowing seeds? All too soon, they quickly die. All too soon,Continue reading