#FlowerFriday #NativePlants #Milkweed #Iowa #Flores

Butterfly Milkweed. These plants in the hayfield are from seeds that drifted in from somewhere — possibly from the nearby Triangle Prairie, where there are several clumps that I collected locally years ago.

Check out this beauty. Our milkweed brings all the bugs to the yard. #bloomscrolling #milkweed #insects #butterfly

I love my garden flags and flowers. Here are some to brighten your day!

#Bloomscrolling #Garden #Flag #Flowers #Mandevilla #Milkweed #FightFascism #ICEOut #ICE #AntiFascism #Peace #Pax #Resist

I keep a Perpetual Journal; here are my entries from my yard 1, 2 & 3 years ago this week: Gambel’s Quail chicks, Checkered White Butterfly & rain clouds! In 2026 I’ve seen GQ chicks very briefly; no CW b’flies, & no measurable rain for 4 weeks.

#SciArt #art #illustration #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #NatureJournal #NatureJournaling #PerpetualJournal #Tucson #SonoranDesert #biodiversity #environment #ecology #nature #milkweed #insect #butterfly #bird #birds #BirdsOfMastodon #quail

My #milkweed brings all the pollinators to the yard. No monarchs yet, but a fuzzy-butt bee and a moth? of some persuasion are sharing its delicious-smelling nectar along with several dozen other winged friends.
My showy milkweed just bloomed, and yes, she's showing off.
#BloomScrolling #milkweed #wildflowers
My showy milkweed just bloomed, and yes, she's showing off.
#BloomScrolling #milkweed #wildflowers