West Central Arkansas – After the early December 2013 Ice & Snow Storm

Curlycup gumweed, Custer State Park, South Dakota, August 22, 2007

Grindelia squarrosa (Wikipedia)

Grindelia squarrosa, also known as a curly-top gumweed or curlycup gumweed, is a small North American biennial or short-lived perennial plant.

It is native to western and central North America, from British Columbia east to Québec and New England, and south as far as California, Arizona, Chihuahua, and Texas. The species may possibly be naturalized in much of the eastern part of that distribution

Fort Moultrie (composite image), Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, June 14, 2012

After 171 years of service, the Army lowered the fort’s flag for the final time on August 15, 1947. (Wikipedia)

Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 1, 2009

Sky over Sawtooth Mountains, near Stanley, Idaho, July 27, 2010

Garden at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Virginia, May 8, 2009

Glass Blower at His Furnace, Clarksville, Missouri, June 8, 2007

Petit Jean Mountain Rendezvous Campfire, Early Arkansas Reenactors Association, Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas, November 28, 2009

Restored 1903 One Room School (interior), Ash Hollow State Historical Park, Nebraska, July 8, 2010