Petey can’t get to the mountains, but the mountains come to him. Lucky dude.
Monarda menthaefolia or bee balm is a spectacular wildflower. Well worth a trip into a pine forest to find it. And, by the way, an excellent nectar plant for butterflies, if that is of interest to you. Anyway, I feel so fortunate that I found one growing way downstream from any pine forest and it made my day.
I have had the Gila topminnow going around in my brain for months and this poem may be a work in progress, but I...
I’ll let you know how this all goes. I have many acorns to plant, but I like growing little oaks and we’ve done this...
Ms. Mesquitey discovers a hog-nosed skunk in the hen house and wakes Petey up to share the news.
