European Pasque Flower

I am absolutely dead beat - and my feet are killing me and my hips are complaining that they were forced to climb a very steep hillside of a butte covered in very slippery grass, as part of our hike today, LOL! I left home at 7:30 a.m. and got home this evening around 9:00 p.m. Apart from three of us stopping to have some supper on the way home, we have been out walking the rolling prairie grassland hills south west of the city, west of Nanton, hour after hour after hour ; ) We record every plant we come across, every bird, animal, insect, etc.. Every time we go out to botanize someone's acreage or do a botanizing hike in the foothills or mountains, it's a wonderful win/win situation. We get the amazing chance to see new places and new things, and the ranch/acreage owners are given a complete list of our findings. Not too warm today but dreadfully windy. I almost dread taking a look at my photos in case none of them are sharp enough. Photographing wildflowers in strong winds really doesn't work, LOL. Then I come home and when I get time, I choose certain photos from each day and crop, etc. and send them on so that they can be forwarded to other interested, local folks (some of whom were on the same outings - and not everyone has a camera).

Photographed this beautiful European Pasque Flower at the Reader Rock Garden a couple of days ago. Very similar to our native wildflower, the Prairie Crocus.