Rainbow Lake

Rainbow lake was the destination

 (no rainbow, but look at those blues!)

we traveled through endless flowers

flowers feel like a  glorious celebration  

of life

every once in a while

I looked up

to see a beautiful blue sky

with dancing clouds passing by

met a new flower:

mountain sandwort

it is tiny

on the drive

I found a baby grouse on one side of the road

mamma on the other

so I waited and watched the youngster cross 

and 
off they walked into the woods

a lovely day long outing

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Summer of Flowers

we hiked up up UP

into the mountains

shoulder high

beargrass bloomed

even the old timers are saying they have never seen such a grand show

of

beargrass

at the pass we headed down to a lake

due to being high in the mountains

we found spring flowers in summer!

the earth was 

golden in flowers

Glacier lilies

it was a 12 hour adventure

and 

12 miles (19km) of hiking

we were whooped

yet the flowers enlivened our spirits

Flower Power

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Spotted Saxifrage

thrilled to see these cliff dwellers

high in the mountains they thrive

their details can only be seen

if one pauses

gets down on their knees

lemon, tangerine and crimson

Spotted Saxifrage

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