Flower of the Day

July 31, 2024 The teasel has been blooming in the Tin Cup Park and at the bottom of the ridge. I mostly see white flowers on the teasel plants, but sometimes I see purple flowers on the teasel plants. Teasel was a very useful plant until fairly recently. It is now considered an invasive species […]

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Flower of the Day with Bee Bum

June 24, 2024 In taking Nox out for a walk, Bruce and I noticed this bee on a thistle flower. This bee does not look like the European honeybee to me. The abdomen doesn’t look right; it is too wide and not yellow enough. The yellow strips are so light they are almost white. I […]

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Lady Bug and a Wasp

June 14, 2024 I was walking Nox on the dog walk at the bottom of the ridge at Dakota Ridge RV Park. I took some pictures of flowers blooming along the path. I felt something crawling on my the back of my neck. I quickly knocked it off and looked to see what it was. […]

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A Couple of Stops Along Hwy 65

April 27, 2024 After our visit to the Louisiana State Cotton Museum, we rode back along Hwy 65 towards the RV. We had passed a sign saying Hot Pepper Sauce, so on our way back, rode down the short gravel road and pulled into the Panola Pepper Company. We were excited and hoping to get […]

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