Perseverance

Chicory & some pollinating friends

Mown down to the quick.

Still I find a way to bloom.

Perseverance. Key.

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xo

Summertime Snowflake

Queen Anne's Lace
in the fields around my folks' MO home

(http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/queen-anne-s-lace-wild-carrot)

Things I didn't know: "A myth says the purplish flower at the center is a drop of blood shed when "Queen Anne" pricked herself while making the "lace". In reality, that small flower attracts insect pollinators. This nonnative Missouri plant competes against our native species." 

Summertime Snowflakes

Through the fields 'round my folks' home

Warmer than winter's

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xo

'Till We Meet Again...

Columbia Regional Airport just after take-off and back home to Connecticut

O, my Missourahhh...
It's always so hard to go
But! I'll be back soon!

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xo

Iris of Late

One lone iris bloomed

Totally out of season

Lovely just the same

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xo

Tiger!

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 

(Papilio Glaucus)

Most times I spot you

When I'm inside looking out

Frustrating? Oh yes!

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xo