Flowers and Fauna at Byers Lake

As we walked along the paths and trails at Byers Lake, we came across quite a few interesting and different flowers and fauna…..

 

There was such lush greenery all around us and this photo drawing is of some great huge green leaves throughout the wooded area.  I love the lines of the leaves and this drawing effect really serves to show that off.

 

Isn’t this a lovely dwarf dogwood bloom?  There’s something so perfect about how the leaves frame the very small bloom.  It’s delicate but pretty tough to survive and thrive in this area.

 

As we walked the trails, we came across some trees that had moss hanging down.  I always thought of moss in trees as a southern thing, but obviously it can be found in the north as well.

 

Here’s an image of the state flower of Alaska, the fireweed flower.  As you can see, the blooms are slowly making their way to the top.  Once that happens, the summer is over and fall is around the corner.

 

There was something about this birch bark in the greenery that I really liked.  This image has a sort of peaceful feeling about it that I really liked.

Enjoy!