You remember the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Little House in the Big Woods is the first in the series when Laura's family leaves the big woods of Wisconsin to travel to the prairie of Kansas where Little House on the Prairie takes place. Even though Wilder wrote about the prairie in Kansas in the 19th century, Wisconsin has its fair share of prairie land and modern Madison does too.
On a walk around our neighborhood today, I bumped into lots of little prairies - some people even use prairie land as an inspiration for their front yard gardens. I didn't take any photos of people's yards, but I did take a few shots of some of the public spaces that are prairies. Very pretty!
Dudgeon-Monroe Prairie
Welcome sign for Westmorland neighborhood
Volunteer-maintained prairie near Glenway golf course and the bike path
Meadow in the Westmorland Park
It's just a quick walk up the hill past Westmorland Park and I'm home!
Sequoya Commons, our condo building
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