Some of the flowers in my garden in early July. Especially nice to be able to enjoy the hydrangea … these are high enough that maybe they will be ignored by the deer. (fingers crossed)
Garden Flowers
Native Rhododendrons
We took a trip up to Mt Walker to enjoy the wild rhododendrons. Mt Walker has quite a dense collection and we caught them in full bloom and it’s a very good year. When I say ‘collection’ I don’t mean to imply that they aren’t wild.
The native rhododendron is the official Washington State Flower.
Wildflowers
These were taken on a hike in the Olympic National Forest … and not recently. This is the high country near Lake Lucerne in the Upper Duckabush and along the O’Neil Pass Trail. This area is usually covered in snow until mid-July or so. I would really like to get back to this location, but it’s at least a long 2 day backpack … which means the pack starts weighing enough that I have second thoughts.
Forest Floor
I take a lot of shots of the sky … cloud formations, etc. But I also like to take photos of what’s under my feet (or at least near my feet … wouldn’t want to give the impression that I walk all over flowers and other plants). These are a couple of forest floor photos that I like. Both are from the North Fork Skokomish river valley in the Olympic National Park.
Springtime Flowers
These two images were taken just a few minutes apart … the top photo was a bouquet that is in a vase mounted on a fence post, while the bottom image is just a little ways up the Larry Scott Trail. They are so different from each other, but both so beautiful.
