I paid the price for these shots today. I pulled a dozen ticks off myself while I was out and after I got back home. :eek:
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria
Butter-and-Eggs; Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium
Day Lily Hemerocallis fulva...
Iwasn't prepared to find this flower today and I didn't carry my water shoes. So I left my socks and boots by the trailside and went barefoot into a cold bog at 7:00 this morning to get these shots.
Large Purple-fringed Orchid Platanthera grandifolia
JohnL
An early morning walk in a wooded clearing yielded some nice finds.
Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Southern Bush Honeysuckle Diervilla sessilifolia
Trumpet Honeysuckle Lonicera sempervirens
JohnL
It was a good morning for water droplets on flowers once the rain passed through.
Blue Toadflax Nuttallanthus canadensis
Wild Raisin Viburnum cassinoides
Sheep Laurel Kalmia augustifolia
Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus
Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia
JohnL
The stiffness you feel for a couple days after a hike are a result of the muscles being over-stressed, inflammation from the over-stress and not because your muscles are not stretched. Well stretched muscles that have never hiked before will be sore after a hike, particularly a Presi Traverse...
From a local walk this morning:
Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculata
Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum
Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi
Red Campion Silene dioica
Spiderwort Tradescantia virginiana
JohnL
I spent time atoning for what sins I can still commit at my age by getting out of my bed high above the Las Vegas Strip every morning at 4:03 and driving an hour up to Valley of Fire to get there by sunrise. Of the five full days we had out there I spent a total of 20 hours in the park...
I got tired of work and tired of the rain so what better place to go than the middle of the desert. Here are some wildflowers from Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.
Dune Primrose Oenothera deltoides
Desert Marigold Baileya multiradiata
Indigobush Psorothamnus fremontii
Jimson Weed...
Common Speedwell
Corn Speedwell (the flowers are very tiny; about 1/8")
My first Lady's Slipper of the season
Jack in the Pulpit
I couldn't resist another shot of a Starflower.
JohnL
A few from a short afternoon walk behind the house yesterday:
Old Field (Common) Cinquefoil
Bluets
Common Strawberry
Smooth Shadbush
Unknown Grass
Low Bush Blueberry
Common Blue Violets
Wood Anemone
Periwinkle (aka Myrtle)
JohnL
Nat Geo has a good article on Yosemite climbing in the May issue. Cover photo shows Honnold on Thank God Ledge as well other very nice climbing photos inside.
JohnL
Walden Pond – My first trip to the Pond was way way back in college when a friend, who was taking an astronomy course, wanted to get away from the city lights to look at constellations. Clear night, loads of stars. It was quiet. It was peaceful. It was great. It was January.
Want to see...
Crawford Path - Mizpah Cutoff Jct
North Hancock
Mt Willey
I've seen them on/near numerous other summits: Tecumseh, Tom, Old Speck, Liberty, Garfield, Galehead, Zealand, Passaconaway, probably others that I just don't remember.
JohnL
A pictorial list of positive reasons for winter hiking.
Trails are easier in the Winter
Ladders are more, ummm, interesting in the Winter
Trail signs are easier to find in the Winter.
Cairns look cooler in the Winter.
It is easier to see through the trees in the Winter.
You can get...