Posted on August 13, 2022August 14, 202208/13/2022 walking around A mystery yellow composite flower along the sidewalk. Update: Mom and Abby have identified as camphorweed, probably Heterotheca subaxillaris. Camphorweeds are native. Leaves and stem of the yellow flowered plant. This picture is from yesterday (08/12/2022) but there are lots of Grindelia getting ready to bloom near the railroad tracks. A few had opened up by today. I was also pleased to find 2-3 Scarlet Pea plants along the sidewalk near the Grindelia yesterday. They were still blooming today. Downstream from the OU duck pond there is a somewhat hidden bridge and there was a native hibiscus blooming near it. A few tiny annual coreopsis were in the field near the creek. Before it got mowed this spring there were a lot more and taller. It was too hot. We gave Briar and ourselves some ice cubes upon returning. She has taken to resting her chin on her ice cubes after getting a drink from her water bowl.
Posted on June 12, 2022June 12, 202206/11/2022 The Chef made no bake lemon curd/ cheesecake layered parfaits with homemade whipped cream, farm share blueberries, and homemade granola for a garden tour. Prepared the night before in the fridge. Perfect for the tropically humid day. A wasp carrying a caterpillar Spittlebug Hello Tuqu This young man. Two Texas dandelions from home! White specks are elderberry petals. Bee fly Possibly a baby Grindelia leaf?? A second Coryphantha sulcata seedling came up!!!!! Lace bug (Tineidae) on giant ragweed leaf. Nobody home… …except for this crab spider! My keeled treehoppers have a big family!! Soooo manyyyyyy Shackleton and Briar disagree about social distancing. A nice jumping spider. It’s on a houseplant that is outside for the summer.