(That reminds me of that first Christmas and trying to figure out the appropriate gift. I decided on a print from a photographer friend of the Tetons in winter, and two books on hiking. And I received from him….two prints from the same photographer friend and a book on wildflower hikes!)
But I digress…our hikes were very windy, but full of flowers. Pawnee Buttes is out on the windswept prairie, and with weather moving in, we didn’t tarry much for photo ops. I got a few, but haven’t really studied them. Rabbit Mountain, however, was a sunnier day, less prairie-ish and more foothills-ish. The flowers were showier and plentiful.
I spotted my first spiderwort of the year, and in climbing to get a shot of it, found my first snake of the year. Not big, not dangerous, but still….surprising.
We spotted this butterfly and Wonderful Guy got several in-focus shots. I just love my little digital camera!
Wildflower Roll Call: Wallflower, spiderwort, candytuft, butter and eggs, penstemon, wild geranium, erigeron daisies, cinquefoil, salsify, prairie verbena, copper mallow, purple ground cherry, and meadow arnica.
2 comments:
ahhh...Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker in the background, copper mallow (which I have always loved). Looks like wildflower season has arrived! Something I don't have much of here—wildflowers. I'm hoping to hit the wildflower season just right at our cabin when we're there in two weeks time.
sorry ... got to thinking ... isn't copper mallow also called globe mallow?
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