Happy Birthday, Carol! These flowers are for you today.
Week of Wildflowers – Everything!
Today concludes the Week of Wildflowers in Mineral King. Sure, there are many I haven’t photographed, different ones along the road, ones that appeared earlier in the summer, ones that will appear later. This week has been about flowers that I saw and photographed in the last two weeks. And for the final post of […]
Week of Wildflowers – Blue
Blue includes purplish blue, and perhaps bluish purple. Some of these you may have seen previously on the blog, because blue flowers are my favorite. Okay, all the Ls line up here:
Week of Wildflowers – Red
Reddish is a more accurate term for today’s Mineral King wildflowers. I am including orange and pinkish flowers too. Someone pointed out to me once that red is very uncommon in nature. It is used for accents rather than in large amounts. Here are some oranges: Now, reds. Pinks are sort of red, red plus […]
Week of Wildflowers – Yellow
As I was thinking about a week of wildflowers (Mineral King wildflowers, specifically), it occurred to me that all the flowers can be categorized with the same colors I use for painting – white, yellow, blues and reds. (orange, pink, and purple pose a bit of a challenge – just work with me here. . […]
Better Living Through Mineral King
Run run run run run-away. Book problem not resolved, Mineral King as a prescription to anxiety – works for me! (temporarily, because then I have to come home again, but I’ll just think about that tomorrow!) Swamp Onion and Corn Lily (AKA “skunk cabbage” because it resembles the plant by that name that grows on […]