Bunchberry ~ Cornus canadensis
Slender Cinquefoil, Graceful Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla gracillis
Drummond’s Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla drummondii
Sulphur Cinquefoil ~ Potentilla recta
Oxeye Daisy ~ Leucanthemum vulgare
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July 15, 2011
July 12, 2011
Pretty little visitor.
Whitetail fawn
This little one just showed up this morning, possibly having been born in our little canyon within the last week.
July 11, 2011
Wildflowers of summer (3)
And the procession continues!
Climbing Nightshade, Bittersweet Nightshade, Felonwort ~ Solanum dulcamara
Twinflower ~ Linnaea borealis
Spear Leaf or Lance-leaved Stonecrop ~ Sedum lanceolatum
Meadow Buttercup ~ Ranunculus acris
Canada Violet ~ Viola canadensis
July 10, 2011
Wildflowers of summer (2)
The Pointer and I left for our evening walk a little late tonight, having waited until the coolness of evening set in and chose to go to a section of forest road in a shaded canyon where it would be cool. Just as I was about to park the Jeep, down the road came two absolutely gorgeous Black bears, I would guess a mother and her last summer’s cub. They were jet black and all signs of winter’s rubbing and matting was gone from their coats in which the hairs were very long and thick. As usual I was in awe at the size of their paws as they loped along, kicking up small puffs of dust from the old road.
Now, back to wildflowers…
White Lupines, the first I’ve encountered!
Nodding Onion ~ Allium cernuum
Arnica seed head
Nootka (I think) Rose
Huckleberry
July 9, 2011
July 7, 2011
Road 5587 (3)
This is the last set of photos from this trip, perhaps a few too many, but after all it was a fairly long distance and a good day for scenery; also hopefully a feeling for the kind of scenery one comes across in an area like that.
This is a zoom shot taken from the same place as the previous photo, done to show the lookout cabin on Eddy Peak about ten miles away, across the Clark Fork valley and in an entirely different mountain range.
Oh, and the Beargrass are starting to bloom already in that area.
