Poppies from seeds from the Couse House garden down in Taos. They make seeds and cuttings available to the public around the first weekend in October, concurrent with the Wool Festival.
Gaillardia pulchella; Blanketflower, Indian Blanket, Sundance.
You'll find these throughout northern Mexico and the southern, central, and eastern US, as well as parts of Canada, and South and Central America. It has also been introduced to Taiwan.
It's common throughout the Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras National Seashores, where on Ocracoke Island it is known as the Joe Bell.
Chamomile is coming in with a vengeance. We'll pick flowers all summer, and Leece will dry them in the Excalibur, and enjoy chamomile tea through the winter and beyond.
I'm pretty sure this little fuzznuts is a baby European starling, but I would not bet the paycheck on that. You can see he is still sprouting feathers. He's been stumbling about in the back yard. He can flutter short distances. He had a companion earlier, same size and general appearance but without the yellow beak. She's gone. He still lurches about in the mint and morning glories. I am afraid one of the local cats is going to give him a life lesson he may not like.
