I adore this flower

with it's lemon yellow dots

that turn to marigold as they head to the tips of it's petals

offering cherry red  at the end

lovely little cliff dwellers that grow on a mossy mat on rock outcroppings

the elegant Queen's cup

a single white flower on each plant

and when the flower goes to seed 

it offers the world a single blue colored berry (not edible)

We have indeed entered berry season:

I was on a camping trip last week 

So hungry for breakfast

stopped the van to take a photo....

and little bushes of fat berries offered themselves to me!

Huckleberry season!

mountain roads are where I wander often

they beckon

(half they year they are closed due to snow and ice)

it is such a joy to see fields of flowers

and gems of dew on morning flowers

the season of flowing waters

Lovely day and beyond to you!

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Glimpses of a Creek Walk

beneath the milky ice

runs cold water

rocks nestled down for winter

(which is nearly spring)

flowing

frozen

nature's art

nature's life

recent snow

offers glimpses never seen before

artful offerings

pink bark!

in the shadowy darkness...... light

platinum beauty

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wishing you peace

calm

beauty 

from the inside out

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Summer Begins

I headed to the mountains for

Summer Solstice 

enjoyed 

patches of tiny twinflowers

frothed-up plant sap

made by the froghopper bug

quit magical looking up close

the clouds

appeared and disappeared 

throughout the day

moody or bright

larkspur often look as though they are dancing

to me

these flowers, dogbane,

seem to be celebrating life

spring did not offer many mushroom sightings

yet

there were a family of these

on an old dead log

love how they came up through bug holes

heading home....

one poppy bud this year

it bloomed on Summer Solstice!

Exquisite!

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Lovely Summer to you All!

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Spring Equinox 2017

it seems the sun slid under the creek ice

mingled with autumn's golden grass and turned the the water shades of apricot gold

yesterday the creek was running water

deep freeze last night

created sacred geometry on the surface

water flowing at the top (of this photo)

 mingling with fingers of ice 

a smaller creek

the expression of ice is so different

bubbles rise from the muddy depths

are frozen in time

for a few hours

it really is lovely to wander the waters edge

a magical realm of

ice and water offering unique formations

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Happy Spring to you

and

Happy Autumn to the rest of you

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Dreaming of Summer

late autumn fills our days and nights

rain not snow falls from the sky

cloaked in gray
rarely a sunny day

i dream of summer flowers

and 

butterfly wings

a peak of petals

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Sale in Spirithelpers Etsy Shop

15% off through December 15th,2012

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Kokanee Salmon

in the clear creek

they swam

upstream

their colors a sight to behold

the ritual of

spawning

in deeper waters; an unedited artful image:

 

it was such a thrill to get to see them!

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Italy's Clear Mountain Water

Italy's high mountain water

and colorful rocks

sparkling clear

bubbling music for all to hear

ripples and reflections a delight

beauty in life always feels right

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Do You See.... the Fish

light and shadows

shadows and light

water and rocks

such a delight

summer fish

in high alpine creek

colors and movement

endless dance such a treat

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talented and generous Remei

has created a You Tube video of Spirithelpers photographs!

Thank you Remei!!

 Lovely week to one and all!

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