More Misc...........

I guess I could have called this post the "wild" vs. the "cultivated".  The first 8 photos we were back at Mouteau Park and the last 7 we stopped at Hartman Arboretum to see what was beginning to grow.

 The Eastern-tailed Blue on a pretty grass of some sort.

 This Mockingbird usually greets us when we arrive......

 ......here he is by the gate checking out anyone who is entering HIS park.

 Pearl Crescent laid out on a clover leave for me.

 Some of the little wild flowers in the grass right now.

 This little grasshopper was very tiny!  I like the fuzzy leaf he is on, too.

Another wildflower "weed"....lots of these around right now.

 At Hartman Arboretum I saw this nice birdhouse.  Will be fun to see if it gets an inhabitant when we go back.  This place is open to the public on Thursdays, so I try to stop in every Thursday once the flowers are really blooming and there are lots of butterflies to photograph.  This place is only about 2 miles down the road from my house, so it is great to visit there and not have to use a lot of gas.

 Don't ask me what it is....but it is pretty :-)  I wrote down the name one other year, but have forgotten.

 These fuzzy plants are pretty right now.

 I love these and wish I had one.  A type of hydrangea?

 Lantana.....no butterflies while we were there.  It was chilly that day.

Another pretty bush, but didn't look for the name.

I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!

The Lord is risen!

Hallelujah!