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Write a blog post with a photo, a story, a poem, anything goes because I love to see what Mother Nature is up to in your area. Please submit one blog post per week and link back to nature notes in some way..

I had a post about the California Wildfires but decided to make that a separate post and stay with a more traditional post but it is available below this post.

I have a plant I really enjoy in the garden for the second season and I am now able to go through my photos having recovered from my fall to the point where I can sit for a bit and work on the computer.

Prairie Blazingstar- Liatris pycnostachya

Liatris pycnostachya has a spectacular spike of tightly bunched lavender flowers. The name pycnostachya is from the Greek for “crowded” – an apt description of the densely crowed flowers which begin blooming at the top and work their way down the single stem.

It is tall growing 3-5 feet tall, but it is a pollinator magnet…You can see bees and a visit from a monarch butterfly

Now the seeds are being consumed by the bees. I love this plant…..

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FELLOW AMERICANS 🙂

Nature walks are wonderful. But you don’t have to travel to special location to enjoy Mother Nature. There is so much to see in your own neighborhood or even in your own back or front yard. Get a guide-book of the wildlife in your area and learn the calls of birds and frogs and toads. So many times I hear a bird that lets me know what I am looking for in the trees.