Lotus.

Last July, I had an opportunity to visit my friend Henry Domke
on his 600 acre property filled with pure Missouri native plants, wildflowers and more.
This propoerty is called the Prairie Garden Trust, and a most fascinating place to visit!

One of my very favorite areas, is the lotus pond, growing huge lotus flowers that easily span 10" in diameter!

The photos I took that day will never do these flowers justice, but I still wanted to share their beauty.

Henry fills up his all terrain 'Mule', and then drives us around the land, so we can see everything up close and personal, stopping often to pick interesting flowers, grasses, leaves, and all kinds of 'samples' of the land.

What a day- we saw so many things- topped off the day by picking chantarelle mushrooms, taking them back to saute for lunch, along with homemade vegetable chili, and an AMAZING fresh fruit sorbet, made with coolest, lightning speed fast blender I've ever seen!!!!


Check out Henry's photos- he's one of the very best photographers for Healing Environments there is.