Gentle and elegant Wild Blue Flax dots the the west from prairies to alpine meadows and happily this summer we have seen our fair share
Either growing with a Townsends Daisy in a meadow…
or short as can be in an alpine rock garden.
A treat of summer and always a welcome sight
There she was a beautiful Triteleia Grandiflora just hanging out minding her own business.
When who should appear and sit down beside her…
But this small little spider.
They make a fine couple don’t you think?
Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend.
The wildflowers were still singing and the music was sweet as sweet can be.
A symphony of yellow and purple as color was transformed to sound this summer day.
Happy Monday and wishing you a wonderful week.
A field of flowers like notes on a staff creating a not only a sight but filling the ears with a harmonious sound.
There are indeed times when the wildflowers sing. Like music, your favorite music.
A feast for the ears as well as the eyes.
Seeing variations on a theme along the trails we hike. Similar shapes yet different colors on fully display in white, yellow and purple. Each color selected over time to keep the wildflowers flowing, bees buzzing and the forest just that much more beautiful.
Nature in action.
Just for fun another basket of spring wildflower rendered in monochrome.
Enjoy.
Our annual photographic homage to one of our favorite spring flowers the Glacier Lilly.
We follow their progressive blooming form the edge of the foothills up high in the mountains seemingly ushering in spring in each progressive life zone.
Beautiful from afar…
as well as up close.
On a recent walk through sagebrush scrub and grassland we were treated to numerous hidden gems along the way. Lupines flowering amongst the grasses still mainly brown after a winters sleep.
Shooting stars in clusters were dispersed along the way. Never a thick carpet, just a sprinkling, every now and then.
Bluebells dangled in little clumps…
and Penstemon light the way.
Hidden gems indeed.
A dose of afternoon sunlight brings out the best of things, these leaves included.
Light, leaves and color create a feeling as well as a sight.
Hope your weekend includes a bit of both.
Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend.
Just the grass greening up in a landscape filled with sage and juniper. Quiet, perhaps the sounds of Meadowlarks and Sparrows singing, an unassuming landscape in a quiet place.
Yet upon closer inspection we were provided with quite a treat. Chocolate Lily – Fritillaria atropurpurea were hidden in theses still greening grasses.
Some were on full display and added a a wonderful splash of color and gave us quite a surprise on what we thought would be a unassuming walk through an early spring landscape.
It’s nice to have no assumptions.
References:
1.http://fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PMLIL0V020
