Eloise Sustains Storm Damage

On Sunday, May 22, 2011 Theodore Wirth Park encompassing the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary received some serious damage to trees and walkways.  You can view some of the damage and learn more here:

http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/seasonal/stormmay2011.html

Sadly, a large area of North Minneapolis was hit by multiple tornado touchdowns, causing widespread damage to homes, businesses, and city property.  You can read more about effects of this storm here:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/22/minneapolis-storm-folo/

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/05/22/minneapolis-storm-damage-photos/

Our next visit to the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden will be delayed while the city recovers, but in the meantime our thoughts are with all the residents of North Minneapolis.

Faces and Figures

A Friendly Croc invites you closer. . .

This Dignified Dragon can't be dangerous. . .

A Tree Knot Chipmunk chatters. . . 

The Moss-Covered Ant Eater daydreams. . .

This Birchbark Mummy only eats leaves. . .

A Grizzled Tree Gorilla watches you pass. . .

This Wooden Buffalo won't bite. . .

A fairly quiet Mandrake root. . .

The Tree Gnome beckons you closer. . .

A Tree Ent will share Autumn musings. . .

Fungi (Mainly Mushrooms and a Little Lichen)

Tiny trooping mushrooms;

A Solitary Mushroom;

An Enchanted Ring of Mushrooms (with Tree Hugger Violets);

Elf Parasols;

Ruffled Lichens;

An Appaloosa Toadstool;

Tiny crocheted lichens;

Omelet, anyone?

Chick Pea Mushrooms, or Peanut Lichens?

Victorian Fan Mushroom;

Mushroom Shelf or, Tree-Bear munching on a Lichen Cookie.