Nature Photography by Gary D. Tonhouse

So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high,
And angel voices say to thee--
"These things shall never die."

~~ Charles Dickens


Angel of the Prairie

In a lonely green field
Your beauty shines bright
Lighting each corner
In the dazzling sunlight

You're a small prairie angel
An unexpected delight!
Dancing on breezes
From morning 'til night.

Observe this perfection
Only God could create
I hope that extinction
Will not be your fate

I won't soon forget
This vision I've seen
Of a yellow winged angel
With the soft feathered wings

Karen Shaw Matteson
©2001





Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
Plantanthera praeclara (Orchidaceae)
In 1989, as a result of critical declines,
the Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
was listed as a threatened species under both
the federal and state endangered species act.

If you wish to know more, please go here:
For Lack of a Moth the Orchid Is Lost






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