I was in Keokuk summer last year. Visited a garden on the far East side of town on top of the bluff. Keokuk is the difference from where I live where Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) fancy-leafed cultivars may be grown. I can grow the red-leaf forms and japonicum and shirasawanum but not the fancy palmatums.
The guy’s yard I visited had a ton of fancy palmatums. That southeast corner of Iowa is shaped like Florida.
I have read of Geode Fest while searching for what minerals/valuable gems can be found in each state. I don’t recall much though. I’m interested in hunting for valuable stones/gems and would like take a vacation to do so.
Dax, a beauty. Thought of you tonight as I bought my black walnuts on line for my annual dinner featuring my black walnut cake, for dessert. It was a nut I will never forget. Picking them in the woods with my father, and using a hammer to get out the nutmeats. After a day of fishing or hunting, or shooting, then going back into the woods for mushrooms and blackwalnuts is something I obviously will never forget.
She’s small. While living in the Pacific Northwest I observed much larger orb weavers this time of year. They were the reason we ate a clove or two of garlic per day.