Sunset Over the American Lotus Flowers

Hi little duckies!

The sun is going down, time to go to bed.

Going… 

going…..

gone.

 Nighty night.

(These were taken at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge a couple weeks ago. One of the marsh pools was full of American Lotus.)

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Hey, I got all the elderberries picked last night, and so tonight after work I’m making jelly. I’m so excited! I’ll take pics to share of course.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxo

 

Suzanne

Cattle, corn, wheat, beans, mud, snow, ice, and drought. Plenty of fresh air and quiet. Our life is sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes joyous, but never boring.

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7 Responses

  1. Laura says:

    Elderberry jelly…brings back a few childhood memories for me. Unfortunately, I cannot remember how you tell the difference beween an elderberry and those weeds that look like them????

  2. Tina says:

    Where do you find elderberries? Please do e recipe segment on it.

    • Suzanne says:

      I found a list of areas where they are found on the USDA website: “Common elderberry is common along stream banks, river banks, and open places in riparian areas lower than < 3000 m. From west Texas north to Montana, western Alberta, and southern British Columbia, and all other western states, south into northwest Mexico." You can see the full article here: http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_sanic4.pdf

  3. Carol says:

    Beautiful pictures as always! Would love to see the jelly progress, I wonder if somebody sells frozen elderberries?

  4. Karen says:

    Beautiful sunset, Suzanne. Those lotus flowers are amazing! I can’t wait to see how you make the jelly. We have red elderberry here, but it is not good to eat, although the birds love them. xx

  5. Tina says:

    I just finished the article you were kind enogh to supply me the link for. I just wanted to warn “Karen” and the others to not eat the red variety of the berries, they are toxic. So stick with the blue or purple ones.

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