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uncommon beauty

  • Posted on September 19, 2011 at 11:23 am

glowing thistle

“for every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. for every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. for every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”
ivan panin

to a wild rose

  • Posted on September 11, 2011 at 12:35 am

to a wild rose

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”– Abraham Lincoln

promising beginnings

  • Posted on September 9, 2011 at 11:15 am

yellow wildflower s

delicate wonders

  • Posted on September 8, 2011 at 12:45 pm

delicate wonder

miniature white blooms, almost too small to see unless you pay close attention

forget-me-not

i wonder why i like forget-me-nots so much when they grow on a mountain-side, but pull them as pernicious weeds when they grow in my garden?

make a wish

  • Posted on September 6, 2011 at 5:32 pm

make a wish

paintbrushes

  • Posted on September 6, 2011 at 2:28 pm

yellow paintbrush

red paintbrush

can you imagine what a picture you could paint with these?

queen’s cup

  • Posted on September 5, 2011 at 9:29 am

queen's cup
once again an odd choice of names. i can imagine titania becoming very frustrated as the liquid pours out between the petals whilst she tries to drink….

white is a many splendored thing

  • Posted on September 4, 2011 at 11:28 pm

western anemone
western anemone

few flowered anemone
few flowered anemone

western spring beauty
western spring beauty

wild strawberry 2
wild strawberry

ghostly thistles

  • Posted on September 1, 2011 at 9:05 am

creamy white thistle

we saw these beauties in waterton and glacier national park.  they have large flowers and silvery white stems and leaves, making them look like the ghost of canadian thistles.  maybe this is where the thistles we kill on the prairies go when they die…

red flowering currant

  • Posted on August 31, 2011 at 9:48 pm

red flowering currant

shades of pink and burgundy