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Indian Blanket or FireWheel
Gaillardia pulchella
Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)
Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)
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They live on a beautiful bit of acreage just 30 minutes east of Austin……
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where they carefully cultivate their wildflowers… which were all a buzz with the droning of bees…
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Their honey tastes incredible—I simply can’t describe it!
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and you could almost taste the scent of the flowers as you nibbled…
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It was such a lovely, warm and balmy afternoon…
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7 comments
That was a very nice blog post. In one of the sacred texts from India the bees are referred to as Madhu vratha and Madhu pathi. Madhu meaning honey, vratha meaning fast (to fast or to abstain from) and pathi meaning the owner or the king.
The bee though collects the honey never consumes it but only protects it like a king protects his subjects.
BTW Donna, its like i write a thank you note and forget to send it. Here please check this post
http://geethasrinivasan.blogspot.com/2010/05/thank-you-aparna-and-donna.html
Thank you!
Wow! Those flowers are gorgeous! And you are right..that *is* one busy bee! His legs are covered!!! :)
What a lovely adventure. And, I LOVE that first photo. Gorgeous!
That's really neat. We love honey! Thanks for all the info.
what beautiful wild flowers. i have never seen such bright two=tone flowersbefore. what are they?
We went camping last weekend at Blanco state park and Pedernales Falls state park and these wild flowers were everywhere. Simply beautiful. I took a few pictures myself.
Dee, These are Indian Blankets or Firewheels. I had meant to mention that, but had to look up the official name. I added it to the post along with the scientific name. Thanks for the question. Geetha, that is very interesting information from India!
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