Star-flowered Solomon's-seal
Fritillary sp.
Cliff erosion, Horseshoe Canyon
Teepee opening
Clay-coloured Sparrow / Spizella pallida
Large-bract Vervain / Verbena bracteata
Down at the Indian Village
Curious
Plateau Mountain
Domestic Duck
Subalpine Fleabane / Erigeron peregrinus
Wild Chives bud
Pussytoes sp.
White-crowned Sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
Moss Gentian
Let's party, cowboy style
Pink Alpine Forget-me-nots
Pretty little Golden Fleabane / Erigeron aureus
Roseroot in flower
It's that time of year again
Alpine Speedwell, Veronica alpina
Moss Campion / Silene acaulis
Ugly duckling of the Ladybug world
Naked Mitrewort / Mitella nuda
Canadian Mountie - a friendly smile
Indian Village, Calgary Stampede
Heavenly rays
Puffball beauty
Hello, Smurfs
Happily fed, sleeping piglets
Tiny Crab Spider on Gaillardia
Three-flowered Avens / Geum triflorum
Round and round they go
Rosy Pussytoes / Antennaria rosea
Subalpine Larch / Larix lyallii
Small Whaleback wildflower meadows
Arctic Willow
Subalpine Larch / Larix lyallii
When the world is a big, strange place
A splash of colour
Northern Comandra / Geocaulon lividum
Horned Grebe feeding time
Purple Avens
Pink Yarrow
Tiny orange parasol
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Exploring the wildflower meadows
Posting mid-evening today, so really late. Been on a botanizing trip today, way south of the city, but the posted photo was taken a week ago on July 10th, on a different trip, to the Small Whaleback - also, way south of the city. The Small Whaleback is an area of beautiful, rolling hills, just off Highway 22 and just north of the Oldman River. As you might guess, we had plenty of plant species to record : ) Each time I'm out in a place like this, I'm in awe - this is just one tiny area and when you think of all the thousands of hillside slopes and alpine meadows and valleys in the Rocky Mountains and Foothills, each offering such amazing beauty, it's overwhelming. It doesn't matter where you go and spend time - there is so much beauty to see.
Today's trip was a revisit to Plateau Mountain, one of my favourite places. We only hiked as far as the meadows, and then followed the ridge in the direction of the cars, and eventually climbed down to the gravel road. Temperature was a delightful 18C up there, with quite a strong breeze, but it's hotter back here in Calgary. It's 32C in my computer room and it can only get worse as it is supposed to reach a high of 32C in Calgary tomorrow. Not my kind of heat, for sure, and I feel totally exhausted after today's hike : )
Today's trip was a revisit to Plateau Mountain, one of my favourite places. We only hiked as far as the meadows, and then followed the ridge in the direction of the cars, and eventually climbed down to the gravel road. Temperature was a delightful 18C up there, with quite a strong breeze, but it's hotter back here in Calgary. It's 32C in my computer room and it can only get worse as it is supposed to reach a high of 32C in Calgary tomorrow. Not my kind of heat, for sure, and I feel totally exhausted after today's hike : )
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