Baldwin High School. The 4A State Track and Field Champs

Congratulations to the Baldwin High School Boys and Girls Track Teams. They won the 4A State Track and Field Championships this weekend at Wichita! Both teams were behind going into the final event: the 4x400 relay. The boys needed to place third to tie with Louisburg for first, while the girls had to win their relay to tie with Colby. Great job to all and congratulations to all four teams.

The Boys Team!

Tosh is the tall one in purple.

Most of the girls team, with some of the Colby girls in orange and black.

Late May, 2011

This little guy, possibly a gray tree frog, blends in with the gray wood of our shed. When I picked him up to put him out of harm's way, he left sticky liquid on my hand. 

One of our many Echinacea plants.

Various butterfly plants are growing under the bison.

Spring Garden in Baldwin

My butterfly garden is thriving right now. All the plants that were planted three years ago have jumped up.

Spot the bunny.

An iris growing next to the dog kennel.

The TCU horned frog is a nice decoration in the butterfly garden.

Iris in the small pond.

Grape vines have found the metal arch in my vegetable garden

Potato plants have almost overgrown their sacks.

Tomatoes

I finally got all my tomatoes in the ground today. They grew like crazy in the greenhouse and now they're outside in supports and covered with mulch. I left the green wraps on from last year.

A tomato blossom.

Robins

The robin on the bird bath has been attacking its reflection in the basement glass window for two days; the one in the background collects grass for the nest.

KU Medicinal Plant Garden Planting Day

The KU Medicinal Plant Garden is located north of Lawrence. Today was a planting day--check out the website,  http://nativeplants.ku.edu/

Medical anthropology ABD student (but not for long), Steve Corbett.

Ari is windblown.

My daughter Ari and Senior Scientist with the Kansas Biological Survey and garden master, Kelly Kindscher.

Kirsten Bosnak, Manager of the garden, stays busy.

Burning Grass

It's always fun to light a match and watch stuff burn, provided it's not in or near your house. Yesterday I lit a few patches of decorative grass in my butterfly garden. The bottom photo shows that just about everything has returned this spring.