Colorado Road Trip (11): A Celebration of Wildflowers
August 16, 2011
I know that several readers out there are gardeners, and this post is for them! Here are some more photographs of Colorado’s abundant wildflowers:
Native prickly poppy, Soapstone Natural Area north of Ft. Collins
Blanket flowers in the morning light, Estes Park
Paintbrush, Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain bluebells, Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Great Sand Dunes National Park
Cow Parsnip, Coalbank Pass
One of those yellow wildflowers at a rest stop on the Million-Dollar Highway
More yellow wildflowers
Colorado Columbine
Colorado Columbine growing wild at Maroon Bells
Monument Plant, Maroon Bells
A single open flower on a monument plant
Fireweed, Maroon Bells
Yellow wildflowers, Maroon Bells
Unidentified wildflower, Maroon Bells
And my very favorite wildflower from this road trip, the Mariposa Lily, Maroon Bells
Mariposa Lilies, Maroon Bells
Mariposa Lily
Mariposa Lily
Flower in the Crannied Wall
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand.
Little flower — but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
Rosemary's Blog 
August 16, 2011 at 8:18 am
Rosemary I am so envious. These are gorgeous.
August 16, 2011 at 10:11 am
They are all so beautiful and you captured them perfectly.
August 16, 2011 at 9:22 pm
so many varieties of wildflower, very pretty
August 19, 2011 at 1:21 pm
Might there be … a watercolour … of the mariposa lily?
August 19, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Oh, you’ve noticed that I haven’t taken up my paints lately. Hard to get back in the groove since I’ve returned from my vacation. But I will be having some time off at the end of the month, so I hope to paint evey day then. And yes, I’d like to try my hand at the beautiful mariposa lily.
August 21, 2011 at 7:34 am
They’re all pretty, but my favourite is number 7, the yellow flowers at a rest stop. It looks like a little flower person waving it’s head and outstrech hands at you 🙂
August 16, 2018 at 6:10 am
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