Petey will never be a learned fellow, but he’s a pretty nice fella.
Tufted evening primrose (Oenothera caespitosa) is beautiful wildflower of the uplands. And though seeing it on a summer hike sounds hot and grueling, it does bloom into the fall. If you want one for your own habitat, it is grown commercially, so look for it in a good little nursery. But I do hope you stumble upon it on an early morning hike in the hills.
Petey leaves work for the hills after deciding that being there now would be better than being here now.
Growing Native- Martin Luther King Petey reminisces about his confused middle class white kid journey in segregated Kentucky. Petey Mesquitey is KXCI’s resident storyteller....
The photos are mine
