Posts from the ‘Nature’ category

To answer a question

Gayle from Southern California commented: “Love the soft grasses and lupin. The early spring flowers are such a treat. Do you have Spring Beauties, too? Glacier lilies? Sticky geranium? Pasque flower? Pussy toes?”

Pussy toes??? You want to see pussy toes???

Hmmph…I’ll show you pussy toes!

Prepare yourself…

The full effect.

Oh, she meant the wildflower???

Say it isn’t so.

Srsly :)!…Pussy toes are a wildflower and one of the few I can remember the name of since they actually DO look like pussy toes. As to the others – yes to Glacier Lilies, although this year they have been scarce. I don’t know Spring Beauties, sticky geranium or Pasque Flowers… which doesn’t mean we don’t have them…

One fine day

Everything that is Montana in the Spring is in this photo: green grass and trees, blue sky, white clouds…dark clouds, snow rapidly retreating from the mountain tops.

The air is as clear and clean as it looks. A breeze comes up off and on and the dark clouds skirt the mountain tops but at noon, when Karl and I walked it felt like the late Spring day that it was.

A day a little warm in the sun for a black dog who isn’t quite rid of his winter undercoat. He’s waiting for me in a spot of shade.

Meanwhile, back at the house…

Mr. Bob gets a somewhat slower start to his Monday.

One fine day all around :)!

The color of the woods

The sunshine that started yesterday morning lasted all day. The air was clean and clear. In the Spring, on days like yesterday, the color of the woods shines as bright as the sun.

The early wildflowers bloom. Indian Paintbrush started its show this week.

Photos taken 6/3/2010.

Raindrops on Lupins

Lupins after a rainshower hold water in their centers and often along the leaf edge…you can see how the leaf edge could hold small raindrops.

The droplets sparkle in the sun, catching light and reflection. I cannot resist them.