Yellow swallow tail

Cone flower

Echinacea is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens. Echinacea purpurea is an herbaceous perennial up to 47 in tall by 10 in wide at maturity. Depending on the climate, it blooms throughout summer into autumn. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always, purple in the wild. It is pollinated by butterflies and bees. It prefers well drained soil and full sun. It is also grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Baorangia bicolor

The two-colored bolete, or red and yellow bolete, is an edible fungus in the genus Baorangia. It inhabits most of eastern North America, primarily east of the Rocky Mountains and in season during the summer and fall months. Its fruit body, the mushroom, is classed as medium or large in size, which helps distinguish it from the many similar appearing species that have a smaller stature. A deep blue/indigo bruising of the pore surface and a less dramatic bruising coloration change in the stem over a period of several minutes are identifying characteristics that distinguish it from the similar poisonous species Boletus sensibilis. 

Glass sun catchers

Went out of my way to find these. They still exist. Lesson learned, you have to over fill the cavities as the beads shrink.

Sun catchers

We painted these together and hung them in the windows. The butterflies are for the grandmas.

Bird drawing

E drew this.

Caprese

I grew these tomatoes and made this mozzarella fresh this morning. Milk was $.30.

A basic cheese recipe. Using ultra pasteurized or low lactose milk results yields an inadequate cheese product.