Growing Blue Flowers

05/28/2026

We are excited every year to be at this event - makes my heart feel good ❤️❤️❤️😊.

Come on over to visit!

05/27/2026

Growing Blue Flowers will be there with Faye Jewelry. Come find us & visit ❤️😊

SAVE THE DATE!

Tinta Wita Wacipi & Moccasin Game Tournament July 10th-12th, 2026
Lodging, Craft & Food Vendor info listed below.

More details to come

05/26/2026

GBF schedule for June & July 2026

*6/2
Prairie Island Health Fair
Treasure Island Casino Event Center

*6/4
Four sisters Farmers Market
Powwow Grounds Coffee Shop,
Minneapolis

*7/2
Four Sisters Farmers Market
Powwow Grounds Coffee Shop
Minneapolis

*7/8
Dakota Project
Red Wing,MN

7/10-7/12
Tinta Vita Wacipi
Prairie Island, MN

Come say hello & 👋🏼

05/26/2026

Found a feather on the ground and not sure who dropped it. Size plus pattern plus where you found it tells you the species.

🪶 Bright blue with black bars and a white tip, jay-sized:
- Vivid sky blue with crisp black barring — blue jay. The most recognizable feather in any eastern yard

🪶 Red, orange, or yellow body feather under a feeder:
- Brilliant scarlet, slightly stiff — northern cardinal male
- Warm buff with a red wash on the edge — cardinal female
- Bright lemon yellow with a black tip — American goldfinch

🪶 Brown and barred, found near a brush pile or wood edge:
- Rich rusty brown with dark cross-bars, sparrow-sized — song sparrow
- Warm cinnamon with fine dark bars — Carolina wren
- Mottled brown and tan with a black central stripe — mourning dove

🪶 Long and striped, found near a clearing or field edge:
- Bold black-and-white bars, ten to fourteen inches — wild turkey tail
- Brown with crisp black barring, six to eight inches — red-tailed hawk
- Slate gray with two or three dark bands at the tip — Cooper's hawk

🪶 Iridescent black, crow-sized or larger:
- Glossy with green-purple sheen, fully black shaft — American crow
- Same sheen but huge, up to sixteen inches — common raven
- Smaller and shinier with a brown head feather mixed in — common grackle

🪶 Soft and downy, drifting in the breeze:
- Pure white fluff, no shaft visible — goose or duck breast down
- Gray fluff with a darker tip — mourning dove body down
- Tiny powder-soft white — pigeon or dove undercoat

🪶 Black and white patterned, woodpecker-sized:
- Crisp black-and-white bars, six to nine inches — red-bellied woodpecker
- Black with white spots and a yellow shaft — northern flicker
- Pure black with a bold white stripe — downy or hairy woodpecker

🌿 Quick rules:
- Bright blue with black bars — blue jay, no other eastern bird looks like this
- Yellow shaft running down a brown feather — northern flicker, the only common species with this trait
- Black-and-white horizontal bars, longer than your hand — wild turkey tail
- A perfect crisp white tip on a darker feather — bluebird, jay, or junco edge
- Iridescent green-purple shine on solid black — crow or grackle, never a starling (those are speckled)

Federal law protects native bird feathers, so admire and leave them where they fell 🌿

05/25/2026

So busy with family visiting. Next week GBF will be at Prairie Island Health Fair 6/2 then at Four Sisters Farmers Market 6/4. Come say hello.

05/20/2026

Another precious medicine that can be found everywhere 😊❤️

05/19/2026

05/18/2026

This sounds really interesting… may try

I finally found my Recipe for White Cedar Jelly.

Eastern White Cedar is a natural pharmacy and wellness ally.

Disclaimer: This post is not promoting Medicine.

12/19/2025

Ready for chuckles or laughing out loud?

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