Female trees release clouds of cottony or silky white fibers that carry the tiny brown seeds from small green capsules in clusters hanging from the twigs. The subspecies we have, monilifera, describes the linear necklace-like strand of seed pods which I photographed in the picture above.

Some years produce a heavier crop. This is a BUMPER CROP year! Look at all of that cotton! If it were useful for something, we’d be RICH!

Cottonwood leaves brush together and make a distinctive rustling or whispering sound in the eternal south wind of the prairie summer, a sound not unlike the sound of the sea at a distance. Children who grow up on prairie farms always remember the sound of the cottonwoods through their windows …

Cottonwoods are found gropwing where there is wet soild which is usually along around lakes or along riverbanks and irrigation ditches. Ours grow on the banks of a irrigation ditches that border our property. Here is some interesting information on the Cottonwood Tree bark: Though the wood of this tree …

The airborne cottony masses are filaments to carry the seeds on the wind. Can you tell we studied Botany this year? It looks like it’s SNOWING when the cotton is flying. The seeds finally come down for a landing and many of them will take root. We’ve had to pull …

Box of our children’s artwork which we’ve accumulated over several years. Any ideas what I should do with this box? These things are TOO cute to toss out, but I don’t have any more room to store them on the bookshelves or on their desks.

When I was organizing all of our digital pictures from this year I ran across a few that I realize now I never got around to posting. So, here are some pictures from Josh’s last day of basketball. We were gone when they took the team photo so I took …

We’ve had some spectacular sunsets this year! This is one of many reasons I LOVE living in the country… hmmmm… I’ve always wanted to do a Thursday Thirteen maybe I should just do that right now while I’m thinking of it.

You were probably thinking the boys are in need of haircuts again (LOL). Not this time. Now it’s the boy’s turn to cut the “grass” hair on their little sock people they made in our co-op Botany class. Aren’t they CUTE? These little guys are made out of socks which …

Nathan takes after his big brother and LOVES to work outside. He finds all kinds of “work” that needs to be done veryday. He always keeps his leather work gloves and his boots handy right by the back door. I’m not sure what this tire is off from or where …