Tag Archives: Iowa

The Flower that Becomes a Puddle

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

I spent some time photographing insects on spiderwort today.  I found myself distracted a little by the flower itself. Here is a photograph I took some time ago of spiderwort.   We have three species of spiderwort here in Iowa.  … Continue reading →

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Misplaced Priorities

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Thursday was my birthday so I took the day off and headed for one of my favorite places, The Ledges State Park near Boone, Iowa. The Ledges is one of Iowa’s oldest state parks, and one of the nicest.  It … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Annual Day of Insects

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the fourth annual Day of Insects at Reiman Gardens at the Iowa State University campus in Ames, Iowa today. This is an event for people who are interested in insects to … Continue reading →

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Marshmallows in Oskaloosa

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

I got the new issue of National Geographic magazine the other day.  Page 22 of the February 2012 issue has a map drawn by some guy from New York.  He visited a number of dating web sites, analyzed the words … Continue reading →

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The History of the Butterfly, Part 134: The Founding of Agency City

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

The treaty signed by Poweshiek, Keokuk, and a number of the other chiefs of the Sacs and Foxes required the groups of Meskwaki living near what became Iowa City to relocate within a year.  It gave Keokuk’s group of Sac … Continue reading →

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What is known about Poweshiek?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

Poweshiek was a leader of the Meskwaki from his appointment as chief in about 1830 until his death in 1854.  At some point, probably in the 1850′s, he relenquished his position as chief to another individual, Ma-Me-Nwa-Ne-Ke.  Poweshiek died in … Continue reading →

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The History of the Butterfly, part 104: Grinnell Gets Rattaned

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

June 13, 1866 was a pretty momentous day in the United States Congress.  On that day, Congress passed the bill that would become the 14th amendment to the Constitution. The 14th amendment is pretty significant.  The 13th abolished slavery, but … Continue reading →

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Of People, Prairies, and Pies

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

There are a lot of really nice places to live in this world.  Sometimes Iowa is not the most pleasant place, but I wouldn’t trade it for anywhere right now, in the middle of October. I’m guessing that there are … Continue reading →

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Peck’s Skipper

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

I took another vacation day yesterday.  I had some chores to do–I cut down an old elm tree to use for firewood and did a few other things around the house. It was a magnificant October day in Iowa, and … Continue reading →

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The Guy from Texas Beat Me to it.

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

We had a rainy day the other day.  I have developed a habit of wandering around with my camera for a little bit each day, and since it was cloudy and wet I mostly looked at the trunks of trees.  … Continue reading →

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