Shirley would be proud! LOL. Today, Jeanne and I went to BRIT to deposit our plant specimens we had collected this season. It is always fun to make the trip. And of course on the way out of town, my new favorite place to stop for ice cream, Paleta Mia Ice Cream. If you like ice cream, it is soooo good!
Nineteen plants will soon be put in this freezer so they can join the other specimens in the herbarium! After dropping off the specimens, we decided to go see how Stickworks was doing in the garden.
Walking along the path, the first plant that was buzzing with insects was the Yellow Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans ‘Flava’). This must be a variety of some sort because normally the flowers are red-orange in Wise, Montague and Cooke counties. The Flora of North Central Texas reports that some people can get dermatitis from handling the leaves.
Its sign. The other plants before this plant hardly had any insects on it. The other plants were not native to North Texas.
Most the bugs were high in the flowers which were above my head.
There was multiple species of wasps!
Another more colorful wasp!
Mating!
Leaf-footed Bug and another wasp type in the background!
We had wondered if Stickworks would look different from the last time we were there. However, I don’t think it was.
Except for a few spiders that had made a home among the branches.
A sign!
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) had these cool looking seed pods!
I fixed it. It didn’t like the word introduce. Go figure🤷🏻♀️Really cool prairie blog. He wrote the Hidden Prairie: Photographing Life in One Square Meter.
Yes, I have that book and have been reading his blog for at least a decade. Once I was able to open your link, I recognized the post. Unfortunately, he didn’t continue the Word of the Day theme for very long. I’ve also heard him speak several times at various conferences. He’s an inspiring conservationist.
Imagine living as long as that tree. In one spot. Just watching the world go by and change so drastically. Boggles my mind.
I couldn’t get the Prairie Word of the Day link to work. The Oldest Tree one worked fine. Anyone else have that problem?
It isn’t working for me either. I will fix tomorrow.
Thanks, Mary!
I fixed it. It didn’t like the word introduce. Go figure🤷🏻♀️Really cool prairie blog. He wrote the Hidden Prairie: Photographing Life in One Square Meter.
Yes, I have that book and have been reading his blog for at least a decade. Once I was able to open your link, I recognized the post. Unfortunately, he didn’t continue the Word of the Day theme for very long. I’ve also heard him speak several times at various conferences. He’s an inspiring conservationist.
When I am searching for stuff his blog often comes up in the list. Good stuff!
I also approve of ice cream for lunch! Brit has a very nice garden.