UNSEASONABLY-WARM DECEMBER SUNDAY: The bright green of the fraser fir seedlings "pop" in an otherwise drab winter landscape. This is my small tree farm located immediately west of my implement building.

I limit this Iowa native on my land, although it is quite good for wildlife food and habitat. Honey locust trees (Gleditsia triacanthos) have dense clusters of large thorns down their trunks/lower branches. The trees evolved to protect the trees from the hungry ravages of Pleistocene megafauna.

SUMS UP MY ATTITUDE.

NORTH PROPERTY BOUNDARY MONUMENT SIGN: Cow on the front and cowbell on the lower right portion of the sign are both homages to the property's history of pasturing cattle. See thelorabhessetrust.org

And the MAGA madness has not even begun yet ...

A WILDFLOWER HIKE FOR LORA B. HESSE: One of Lora's greatest pleasures was collecting large bouquets of the extraordinary variety of wildflowers from her land.
FYI, the youngest members of this group are Lora's great-great grandchildren. See thelorabhessetrust.org