Wildflower Walk

Living out in the country gives us a wonderful place to walk.  We just head out down our gravel road for what we call a "three mile Idaho."  By the time we get about a mile and a half down the road, we're in Idaho.  By the time we get home, we've gone three miles.  

This time of year the walk down the road is awe-inspiring.  The countryside is abloom with wildflowers...lots and lots of wildflowers.  These pictures are ones we took just today on our walk.  If you click on any of them, they will get bigger and show more detail.



 The blue one on the left is Brodiaea.  

The yellow one on the right is Arrowleaf Balsamroot with some purple Delphinium.

This shows a drift of purple Delphinium.

This is Golden Pea close-up

 


...and more down by the river.

This one is Groundsel.

The white one is Prairie Star and the blue one is Blue-eyed Mary.












This shrub is called Serviceberry.  It's growing up into a Ponderosa pine that is also "blooming" with red cone "flowers."

This yellow is Swale Desert Parsley (a type of lomatium).












This last one is a favorite of ours, Camas.  

I have to confess that these last two photos were taken on our property in the prairie Paul has been restoring for the past twenty years.  If you want to read about that project, visit his blog at palouserivermusic.blogspot.com .




We feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful place...all right down the road.