"Wonder may be found in the smallest of things, the most odd of places, or the most ordinary.” Hello, to all my followers new and old. June has been a wonderfully busy month. Art Fairs. I invite you to visit me at the Snake Alley art fair. This year is the 50th anniversary and the art center has lots of extra fun things planned. There will be a new layout to keep most of the fair in the shade, because as you know, June in Iowa is HOT! I will have a new booth location on Col

By now I’m sure you know I love plants, especially trees and flowers. That’s why I was super excited to attend the talk on gardening with native prairie plants given by Greg Houseal of the Tall Grass Prairie Center (in Cedar Falls, IA) lat the Cedar Falls Public Library. If I wasn’t already excited about working with native plants, I definitely was after hearing about the benefits of gardening with natives, where to find native prairie seeds, a brief how to, and what the Tal