Wednesday afternoon I walked the long trail at the south unit of Illinois Beach State Park. I found a wildflower I hadn't seen before. Great Plains Lady's Tresses is a variety of orchid. I recognized it as such because of a similar orchid I saw in the Burren in Ireland.
The flowers are about 1/4".
The Irish orchid: fragrant orchid, gymnadenia conopsea.
Is the hole in the tree a portal? LOL!
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No walk on Thursday. Rotary breakfast at 7:15, then the first meeting of the Clara Cummings Book Club at lunchtime. The speaker, Susan Benjamin, was great. The topic was interesting -- Neil Diamond. But, unfortunately, Susan's AV presentation didn't work on the program chair's computer despite 20+ minutes of trying to install, uninstall, reinstall and finally giving up. Susan gave the program without the visuals and the song clips -- and she'll return in May with to try again. (By that time *I* will be the program chair and we are definitely going to have a rehearsal.)
In the studio: the framed squares are a flimsy. The Kaffe Fassett Bead Stripe was just right for the border.
The Zion Woman's Club Bunco fundraiser is November 14. I contribute a quilt to the raffle. Though I could choose a quilt on hand I am going to try to make a Christmas quilt. These monkey wrench blocks are 7-1/2" unfinished. More to come.
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