Dispatch from the Butterfly Ranch

The kids have returned home and a semblance of routine has returned.  Jill is off to yoga and the girls and I have availed ourselves of a morning walk.  In keeping with my vow of retirement I'm making an effort to be more aware of the natural world around me.

From our walk today there was this...

Compass Plant

Viceroy and Red Admiral Butterfly and Purple Coneflower

Gray-headed Coneflowers all over the place

Large-flowered Beardtongue

Bumblebee and Purple Prairie Clover

Liatris (Prairie Blazing Star)

Wild Bergamot

And False Sunflower

Raising a toast to pollinator habitat.