Latest Episodes
Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae
How fortuitous to come across Gregg’s mistflower out in the desert scrub during the Fall Festival of Blooming Asteraceae! What a beautiful plant. Oh,...
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A Strong Gift in Bisbee
I had a chance to use the word didymus when describing the seed pods of Menodora, but forgot, so here: the common name twinberry...
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Busy Bees in the Borderlands
Squash bees are out so early in the morning that they’re moving pollen around well before honey bees even arrive. Research done by the...
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Collector of Clutter
Arizona white oak is Quercus arizonica. I’ve come across some magnificent ones over the years of living near them in southeastern Arizona. We also...
Asclepias involucrata
A sentimental episode written and recorded amidst the cluttered space that I call books and bones. Thank goodness for a milkweed plant to help...
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The "wait a second, that ain't right" plants
The photos are mine. Fruit tree in woodland and blue palo verde in grassland.