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gunthera1

Prairie blazing star

gunthera1
18 years ago

I have a small prairie plant section in my front yard. I went to take some photos of the prairie blazing star (my favorite of the current blooms) and a bee decided that he wanted a photo-op. Enjoy :-)

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