At the center of your being
Lao Tzu
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.
Prairie Blazing Star is a hardy native perennial forb. It can grow up to 5 feet tall. It has abundant grass like leaves and hairy stems. The lowest leaves can be well over 1 foot long and up to ½ inch wide. The flower heads are in a dense spike at the top of the plant and bloom top-down. The stamens and styles protrude from the tufted flower heads creating a soft fuzzy appearance. It is one of the most popular varieties of blazing stars. It is native to the midwest where it naturally occurs on prairies, rocky bluffs and open areas. It prefers slightly acidic, poor, well-drained soils and demonstrates both heat and drought tolerance. They are common in all the natural areas I visit. I haven’t seen one 5 feet tall, yet. Hope you had a good Monday.
4 Comments
Earl
This Prairie Blazing Star is beautiful. I assume it provides pollen/nectar for bees and perhaps seeds for birds?
I believe Lao Tzu was a little optimistic and made this quote sound too simple for us ordinary people. 😉 The answers may be at the center of our being, but reaching and understanding them is often a lifetime journey or more. We often must work through many false voices that we’ve adopted or that have been introduced in our upbringing or environment.
Monte Stevens
I had to go look it up and yes they do attract bees, birds, butterflies. Honestly the image does not do it justice for its beauty and the environment it has.
There is something exciting about this lifetime journey of experiencing and understanding the journey. I think the exciting part is finding an answer or two and realize I already knew that. It may be more exciting to uncover the false voices as they can lead us on to a deeper center of our being. Hope all is well with you two.
Rebecca Jones
How beautiful! I see these all the time and never knew their name or anything about them. Thanks for educating this transplant!
Monte Stevens
Good morning Rebecca, welcome to this blog and so glad to see you joining in on the comments. I also see them but never knew much about them. It’s about time I did and will share the little knowledge I have about them. That way we all learn. I’ve read that to become a better photographer we must know more about our subject whether that is a landscape or portrait. Please feel free to add your comments and join in on these simple conversations. Love you my friend!!