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The lower trail we took to and from Camp Muir on Mt. Rainier travels through lovely wildflower meadows. The distant views were obscured by haze from the smoke of nearby wildfires. I did not have my macro lens with me so I did not get the shots of wildflowers I would have liked to get. I did not want to carry the extra weight on such a strenuous hike, although it would have been a good idea to replace the rock from McClellan's Butte I accidently took with me with the macro lens. The lens would have been a lot more useful than the rock was!
Wildflowers blooming during the brief growing season in the upper elevations of the San Juan Mountains (above about 9,000 feet)
This years huge snowpack has resulted in amazing meadows of wildflowers in the high country around our Bear Lake Valley. This one is bursting with tall ragweed (known locally as sneezeweed), tower larkspur, western rayless coneflower, and a few field mint on the edge of an aspen grove. Many of these flowers were taller than me, and my clothes were spotted with patches of yellow pollen when I got through exploring here.
There were lots of wildflowers blooming during our visit to the Grand Tetons. Balsamroot blooms seemed to be the most prominent.
Have a great Sunday!
One of the many beautiful wildflowers that dot the shoreline all along Mazinaw Lake in Bon Echo Provincial Park.
Yellow wildflowers grow along a rustic fence at Pioneer Park in Ferndale, Washington. Are these ywllow daisies? Or English Marigolds (Calendula Officinalis)? I'm not sure.
I took this photo last year on this day. We were staying in a nice hotel in Osoyoos and we were both sad because of the loss of our cat friend a few days previous. I had a mild migraine (what else is new? ) and had been slouching around our room all day. So after our dinner which my husband whipped up in the kitchen of our suite ( probably soup and toast, nothing fancy ) we decided to drive, first we drove up Anarchist to see the view then we headed back down towards Oliver and beyond and because I love back roads I suddenly said, lets turn off ahead and we did and after crossing a little bridge over a small creek, we came across some abandoned farm buildings which were so beautiful and lonely looking sitting in the lessening light, surrounded by wildflowers and dragonflies and mosquitoes ( got bit ). As I wandered, swatting mosquitoes, taking photos, I wondered about all the people and all the cattle and cats that had once called this place home, and I didn't feel so sad anymore, I don't know what it all means, like why we are here and what is the point, but just then I let it all go and immersed myself in the glorious now.
So Flickr friends, I wish you all a lovely summer weekend, don't watch the news, or worry or fret about the future, the past, just revel in the present, that's what I'm going to try and do, see ya Monday, love y'all.
“Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.”
John Steinbeck
Any other huge Tom Petty fans out there?
You belong among the wildflowers
You belong in a boat out at sea
Sail away
Kill off the hours
You belong
Somewhere you feel free
Run away
Find you a lover
Go away
Somewhere all bright and new
I have seen no other
Who compares with you......
Wildflower growing in marshy fields and woodlands. Reaches up to 60cm tall. Common in UK. Perennial. Mine has a potted bog garden.
Taken in my garden 10th April 2012
I've been concentrating mainly on the wildlife for the last couple of months, so I thought it about time I redressed the balance. So I headed out looking for a poppy field. I didn't find any, but I did chance upon this wildflower meadow. Good to see the government backed scheme to encourage farmers to give a strip of land back to nature is alive and well in Bentley. It was certainly working, there were, amongst others, a lot of Goldfinches and Swallows about.
I discovered this hiden spot of wildflowers of of a side road while shooting along Highway 58 between Bakersfield and Santa Margarita. The concentration and variety was far beyond anything I had seen that day. Mostly Poppies & Goldfields...beyond that, I saw Owl's Clover, Blue Dick, Lupine, Creme Cups, Phacelia, Filaree, Popcorn Flowers, Fiddleneck and quite a bit more that I can't remember.