Wild Flower Photos by my daughter

We took these photos while we were up at that high mountain lake.  These are the photos my daughter took.

 Wild roses

Fireweed

And Tyler took this wild flower photo with one of my favorite parts of the cliffs behind it.  He is so talented with the camera it takes my breath away. He just knows how to photograph a scene.

Wild Flower Photographs 2010

And here are the flowers that I photographed.

wild geranium

wild geranium in pink

even the thistle looked pretty

Can't wait to find out the name on this one - looks like we are due for a trip to the library

even the tiniest wildflowers added to the beauty of the area

These were by far the most prominent

These tiny flowers had a very strong scent.

These had the prettiest scent but were the 2nd smallest in size.

As you can see we really enjoyed our walk around the lake. 

Time to check out the wildflower books at the library again.

Happy Birthday Grandpa

We went to Great Grandpa's favorite spot for his birthday this past weekend.  Grandma S brought her little raft and the kiddos were excited to try it out.

Then we went for a walk around the lake.  There is a nice path all the way around it.

My daughter and I are talking about how she thinks the large rock stairs are 'Royal Stairs' made just for us to get down instead of a slippery slope.

The wild flowers were amazing.  I am going to send some of my daughter's photos for printing so that she can enter them in the county fair next week.  The photography section has the best prizes.

There are no motorized boats allowed on this lake.  So some of the people there brought canoes.

When we started our walk, which was slow because of all the flowers we had to stop and photograph and smell, there were a few white fluffy clouds in the sky.  About half way around the clouds showed up.  By the time we loaded into the car the downpour arrived.  It was a gorgeous rainstorm.  Which it would have hit the valley too!

Ferns and Fall

I have this thing for ferns. Have since I was a kid. There are not many ferns growing here in the icebox of our state. Anyway, I loved the combination of the snow, depth of field, the fallen leaves in their brilliant contrasting colors, etc. I didn't move any of the leaves. I just focused on the beauty already around me. I feel happy when I do that.