one of the benefits of STILL blog has been a growing awareness of my everyday environment.  there are certain subjects like cattails and milkweed that have always been been favorites.  but as a result of looking around me more carefully, a few new favorites have climbed quietly up near the top of my list, including cottonwood trees, willow, and, maybe least likely of all, mullein, a naturalized immigrant from Europe.

mullein rosette in late may

rice creek regional trail, saint paul, minnesota