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The Little Things

March 28, 2025 – 2:28 pm
Posted in Uncategorized, wildflowers
Tagged balsamroot, bitterroot, bluebells, chives, honeybees, labrador retreiver, lomatium, lupine, mushroom, spring beauty, Steershead, wildflowers, willow, yellow bells
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It seems like just days ago, our hillside was still covered with rotten snow and now it’s covered with tiny growing plants, some already in bloom. The tiny flowers are fleeting so I’m outside searching for them everyday while the Western Meadowlarks and Say’s Phoebes sing from every perch. Northern Flickers call raucously and sometimes I hear the soft call or see the vibrant glimpse of blue from Western Bluebirds who are checking out all our nest boxes. The honeybees are finding pollen to take back to the hives. Spring is wonderful.

Tiny Wildflowers

March 24, 2015 – 5:01 pm
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Tagged balsamroot, currant, lomatium, spring beauty, yellow bells
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We have been away for two weeks on a road trip to California. There are many, many photos from that trip to edit and I have yet to get started. Lots of images of dogs playing in the surf. Prepare yourself. But for the moment I thought I’d share a few flower photos.

When we left, most of the ground on our hillside was covered with snow. Now it’s all gone. The ash-covered dirt is ready for spring and in some places it is already covered with a fresh blush of new green grasses. And if I look closely I can find tiny wildflowers. Some of them seem to be flourishing after last year’s fire. It’s a relief to see color on our landscape again.

Lomatium – maybe gormanii. Salt and pepper

Fritillaria pudica, Yellow bells

More yellow bells

A clump of tiny seedlings. I wonder what they will be?

Claytonia lanceolata. Spring beauty

Currant emerging from roots of a burned shrub

Lewisia rediviva. Bitterroot. I found more of this than usual. It must respond positively to fire.

Balsamroot just emerging from the ground.

Balsamroot

Walks and Wildflowers

April 13, 2013 – 2:41 pm
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Tagged balsamroot, bluebells, labradoodle, Methow, spring, wildflower photography, yellow bells
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Spring happened while we were gone. The hills are green and tiny wildflowers are in full bloom. Some of the bigger flowers have started blooming too. Luna and I try get out at least once everyday for a walk although some days, like today, it’s not as pleasant and certainly with the high winds it’s not a good day for photographs. Here are a few from the last week or so.

Yellow bells

Contemplative Luna

Delicate prairie stars

Bluebells

Jawbone, buried in the dry grass

This is a new flower for me. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it before.

Dave Sabold says “Arabis holboellii – but NOT the flowers! The flowers come later on a stalk, and they’re white in color, not yellow. A fungus produces the yellow color, and the fungus even puts out a sweet smell. Maybe the fungus attracts insects to distribute the spores?”