HUMBOLDT — Joshua Works has served up a natural palette for throngs of sight-seers to enjoy this month.
Works has a pasture filled with cosmos flowers west of Humboldt, in full bloom, creating a spectacular array of pink floral imagery.
He has invited anyone with a curious eye, or an appreciation of nature, to stop by to take a glance — and maybe a picture or 10.
The pasture, at 900 Hawaii Rd., is about a mile west and a mile north of Humboldt’s Neosho River bridge.
A cosmos garden northwest of Humboldt is in full bloom. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register A monarch butterfly pays a visit to Joshua Works’s cosmos garden northwest of Humboldt. Photo by Joshua Works
Visitors must adhere to a few simple rules:
— Daytime hours only
— There’s no need to stop at the house or any of the outbuildings on the way to the meadow; just park in the grass at the edge of the flowers.
— Walkers are asked to stick to the mowed path that loops inside the meadow, with two entrances. (Don’t worry. It’s not a maze).
— The invitation is good through Sunday. Works noted the gusty winds have cut into the numbers this week.
PEOPLE aren’t the only ones attracted to the kaleidoscope of colors.
Works and others have photographed countless swarms of monarch butterflies passing through the area as part of their annual southward migration to Mexico, as well as a number of other winged insects drawn to the meadow.
If you’re patient enough, you’ll easily find them.
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