Sedum and basalt

On Perry

Shadow on the trail

Fish Lake Trail

Science!

On May 28 Nick and I drove by this fire. I was taking a picture of a bird. Turned out that bird was flying away from this fire on the Fish Lake Trail:

It was a little scary.

I happened to be on the Fish Lake Trail on June 26. This is what I found at the burn site:

Rose bushes. I'll keep an eye on this and see what else comes up.

Seeds

On the Centennial Trail

Look close

In Indian Canyon

Storm over fields

The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee
Expend their bloom in vain.
Come over the hills and far with me,
And be my love in the rain.
      -Frost

He's got high hopes

People's Park

Bonus: wildflowers

White and purple vetch

Melilotus

Salvia

Yellowwood

Centaurea

Bitterroot 

A charming wild swamp

Delphiniums, camas, yarrow, woodstars and bitterroot 

Wild flax

Balsam root 

White and purple lupines

Flowering grasses

Campion Park

Lorquin's Admiral

Latah Valley

Lavender

In Hillyard

A dose of science

On the Fish Lake Trail today

THE MOST COLORFUL TURTLE IN THE WEST

MUSKRAT IS NOT A RAT

GARTER SNAKES HAVE NEUROTOXIN

LORQUIN'S ADMIRAL

CEDAR WAXWINGS CROAK

COLOMBIA SPOTTED FROG

BREWER'S BLACKBIRD

KOLKS THAT AREN'T KIDDING

NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T

And, as if my day wasn't cool enough,

EARTH'S SHADOW

Almost tropical

But it's really Fish Lake

Butterfly

Centennial Trail

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

Sundog from Spotted Rd

Up the creek

In Hangman Valley

Bonus: birds

Either a quail egg or a grouse egg

Redtail circling

 

Some kind of collared dove in flight

Baby mallards

Wee finch kissing its own reflection 

Possibly a golden crowned kinglet or chipping sparrow 

A very damp robin

Mr. and Mrs. Raven

Violet-green swallow

Northern flicker