
My favorite wildflower, the purple coneflower or echinacea, is a medicinal plant whose flowers can be used to make immune-system-boosting tea. The genus name of the flower comes from the Greek word echino which means hedgehog and refers to its spiny cone. As we approach our first freeze of the season and the cone flowers […]

Squirrels have made appearances on my blog quite a bit over the past two years. Here are three more photos from an encounter with a squirrel, this guy busy preparing for winter. What do you think? Do you have a favorite below? Squirrel Photo #1. What are you lookin’ at? Squirrel Photo #2. Storing nuts […]