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seed head

  • Posted on October 16, 2011 at 8:49 pm

green seedpod many flowers tend to look bedraggled after the blooms are spent, but this one has a most intriguing seed head.

red monkeyflower

  • Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22 pm

red monkeyflower
who comes up with these names? i mean does this really look like a monkey to you?

canada thistle

  • Posted on September 24, 2011 at 9:54 pm

thistles
thistles are a lot like some people, beautiful if you can get past the prickles that protect them

glorious colors

  • Posted on September 22, 2011 at 5:10 pm

color

i couldn’t resist trying to capture the vivid reds and greens of the alpine flower against the cool gray of the rocks

growing thru the fence

  • Posted on September 20, 2011 at 10:27 pm

thru the fence
are the fences to keep us out… or the flowers in?

promising beginnings

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

yellow wildflower s

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….

peppermint drops

  • Posted on August 29, 2011 at 12:10 pm

wildflower

i’m getting better at identifying wildflowers, but this one has me stumped

peppermint drops

this is the same flower still in bud. the weather changes so drastically in the mountains that if you go far enough you can see the same plant in all the stages from just poking through to past it’s bloom all on the same day.

what is in a name?

  • Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:53 pm

cow parsnip
this beauty is prosaically entitled “cow parsnip”, a name that doesn’t really suit it’s intriguing look. now i have nothing at all against cows, (though i must admit to intensely disliking parsnips), but to me this looks more like a fireworks explosion captured in time, than either a cow or parsnip.

indian paintbrush

  • Posted on August 11, 2011 at 2:11 pm

 

indian paintbrush 3

indian paintbrush 1

unlike so many wildflowers which are somewhat quiet and unassuming compared to garden flowers, the indian paintbrush is a very flamboyant plant