Milkweed seedpods are beautiful and unique. Milkweed, Asclepias spp., is well-known for attracting monarch butterflies. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are…
Today I'm featuring photographs of blazingstars near and far. The first picture shows the Sierra blazingstar, or saffron blazing star,…
Today I'm sharing a couple photos of a dwarf purple monkeyflower up close. This tiny flower is blossoming now in…
This week, the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge is to show your go-to places. For me, I'll never get enough of seeing…
Today I'm sharing a couple waterlily paintings and a photo I created. I attempted to paint the waterlily using a…
The soft flowers and leaves of a rockcress blooming amongst sharp pieces of obsidian at Glass Buttes, Oregon. Friday Flowers…
Today I'm sharing a fringed gentian drawing I created from a photo. I used colored pencils for this drawing. Originally,…
This Oregon sunshine bouquet was growing in my yard. This plant is common in a variety of habitats in western…
The anticipation of spring is a memorable time of the year Some celebrate spring's arrival with dancing and bugling songs…
I think of spring as being a season in flux, constantly shifting between the coolness of winter and the warmth…
Today I'm sharing a pen-and-ink drawing I did of wild sunflowers. These were growing at Wawawai Canyon, in southeast Washington…
Today I'm sharing a primrose painting, photo, and poem I created. When I was on a field trip in early…
I saw this gorgeous red Indian paintbrush at Great Basin National Park in Nevada. This park doesn't get as many…
I'm sharing photos I took of fringed gentian in Yellowstone National Park last June. We like to visit in the…
These Hells Canyon Overlook views were taken in the Hells Canyon Recreation area in northeastern Oregon. Though more people are…
Wildflowers in the desert sunshineEmerging in harsh conditionsShining with an inner lightColorful expressionsJewels in the sandEphemeralPresencesFleetingViews Wildflowers in the desert…
Shooting stars up close. Wildflowers blooming on Glass Buttes in the High Desert of Oregon. Macro Monday
In early May 2017, we visited the national parks in Utah. With temperatures in the 90s, we didn't exactly avoid…
To weed or not to weed. Sometimes weeding is a big job, so how can you tell which plant is…
Blue flax flowers up close in my garden. These delicate flowers are difficult to photograph because they have a habit…
Yellowstone in spring is a time to Shrug off that old winter coat and Feel the warmth of the sun…
You may have heard of this plant referred to in the classic western, Riders of the Purple Sage by…
Last week we visited Glass Buttes to collect obsidian and many wildflowers were in full bloom. Here is a clover…
These wild buckwheat blossoms were photographed in the High Desert near Bend, Oregon. I believe this is a variety of…
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is tucked into the northeastern corner of Oregon and the western edge of Idaho. We…
Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis This small groundcover plant is actually a type of dogwood. These striking plants range in height from…
I saw this bumblebee on paintbrush at Yellowstone National Park in the late spring. Slender paintbrush was common near the…
Prostrate lupine We stopped at the Kiger Gorge overlook on Steens Mountain in August and saw tiny flowers at our…
Sagebrush mariposa lily Calochortus macrocarpus Sunshine's Macro Monday (SMM)
Western columbine Aquilegia formosa Sunshine's Macro Monday (SMM)
Sunflowers & stagecoaches? You may be wondering how those two things go together. Last August we explored the Steens Mountain…
I saw these blazing star beauties at the top of Pilot Butte in Bend, Oregon last August. Pilot Butte is…
Tiny pale flowersCurving fragrant slender stemsSagebrush pirouette Friday Flowers
Here are a few of my purple pretties in full bloom in my High Desert yard in Central Oregon. LupinePhaceliaLavenderLarkspurAster
The Lens-Artists photo challenge today is "unique." I thought of several unique sights I've seen in Oregon that fit this…
Sand lily, Leucocrinum montanum The sand lily, also known as the star lily, is a delicate perennial wildflower found in…
The fringed gentian, Gentianopsis thermalis, grows in meadows, bogs, and on moist ground. This species prefers growing in warm places…
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