A couple of days ago I posted pictures of an African iris — well, here is yet another variety of the same flower. Just like the other, I spotted this flashy beauty while walking the dog. In fact, I’d had my eye on these flowers for a few days but it was only today I managed to stop long enough […]
Growing up, I was used to seeing white clover growing in the springtime; it’s only fairly recently that I’ve noticed clover flowers tinged with pink and purple. Although the Trifolium pratense is not native to North America, it seems to be popping up more and more in the wild grass areas around Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake. I’m always drawn […]
It took some persistent poking around on Google, but I finally identified these graceful flowers as Dietes bicolor, or African iris. They initially caught my eye because of the triangular shape and dark spots. Each flower lasts only a day, but is quickly replaced by another. Bloom bursts seem to come at 2-week intervals — hence the name fortnight lily […]
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an iris quite this color before. There are so many different categories and shades of these graceful flowers! To learn more about bearded iris color terms, check out the American Iris Society’s blog, World of Irises.
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge for the week of May 9, 2018. Where do you belong? In the hustle and bustle of a big city or amongst friendly faces in a small town? For this week’s challenge, show us your place in the world. I don’t live in a big city, although sometimes traffic jams and noisy neighbors can […]
One of my favorite WordPress travel and nature blogs is Enchanted Forests, written by Mukul Chand; and ever since I first read his post titled Auspicious Marigolds, I can’t help thinking of this song whenever I happen to see one of these beautiful little golden flowers, known as in Hindi as Genda.
Although I can’t identify all the locations this week, some of the images are becoming more familiar. Crater Lake is easy for me since I visited it (however briefly) back in 1979; but now I’ve learned to recognize some of Yosemite’s prime beauty spots purely from going through all these old slides!