There were all sorts of wildflowers in bloom in the
park. It was really just the time when
the spring wildflowers were starting to bloom, even tho it was summer per the
calendar. In fact, up in the flower
meadows at the higher elevations, we were told the spring wildflowers weren’t
blooming yet because the meadows were still under snow! You know you’re up high and up north when
someone is telling you that in the latter part of June!
I believe these are marsh marigolds, and we saw them on a
trail that would lead up to a flower meadow (altho we couldn’t quite reach the
meadow). When I saw these flowers, I had
to chuckle because they reminded me of another photo expedition I was on a
number of years ago with a dear friend.
These flowers are called marsh marigolds because they grow in the wet,
marshy ground. During the photo
expedition, I was quite pleased that the boots I had waterproofed were holding
up so well. I was slogging along in the
marsh, and I was totally dry! I had just
commented on that when I saw some marsh marigolds and, clearly without
thinking, I dropped to my knees to get up close to photograph them! Needless to say, that was a time I proved I
was a natural blonde!! LOL! (I’m wiser now, tho – stayed out of the marsh
and let my zoom lens do the getting up close part.)
I love the simplicity of this image. As we walked along, I noticed some bushes and
shrubs were just starting to bud, and captured this image of a bud.
This is what some photographers refer to as an intimate
landscape. It’s up close and personal to
a piece of nature that just happened to be there. I didn’t rearrange anything, just captured
the perfect positioning!
These Indian Paintbrush flowers were just blooming like mad
along the roadsides! I couldn’t help but
think how wonderful it was that no one was doing any mowing along these back
roads.
I have no idea what these orange/yellow blooms are, but I
thought they were very interesting in that they seem to bloom upside down!
Enjoy!
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