Spring Flower & Friend

Dodging spring showers, I’ve managed to get out a few times to get some spring photos. These mud mashing hikes do yield some rewards to honor the extra weight carried by my mud caked boots.

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Land Stars

Another Wordless Wednesday

Blueberry Bonnets

The fruit of life comes from a flower’s attractive bloom.

Blueberry Blooms

…life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, Colossians 1:10

More Phoenix Flowers and Friends

My Phoenix photos ,from a couple of weeks ago now, continue to hold out hope for some warmer spring weather.  These butterfly buddies and this gorgeous flower is all unknown to me. perhaps some of you Southwest bloggers can help the rest of easterners out. The Desert Botanical Gardens once again served as the photo shoot host.

Butterfly Buddies

Unknown Desert Blooms

Mayflower

 

Mayflower

 

Large White Trillium

A hillside of Large White Trilliums is a spring show stopper. Standing alone they are quite impressive as well.

Trillium Bud

Trillium – First Bloom

White Trillium

Large White Trillium

Wildflower Fest – Rue Anemone

Rue Anemone – Member of the Buttercup Family

Rue Anemone Bud Breaking

Rue Anemone – A perfect Seven

Another Wordless Wednesday

 

Wildflower Fest – Hepatica

While pleased to find the early blooming Bloodroot from yesterday’s post, I was quite excited to find these Hepatica growing close by. I was prostate, head down hill on this good earth when I found them to get my shots. I couple of other hikers passed me by while in this earth bound position and told me they were quite relieved to see me move and stand up. This all ended up in a little mother earth nature lesson. Amazing to me how people just pass on by never seeing what is really on this earth along the trail.

I do wonder if they would have left me if I really wasn’t moving?

Hepatica is named for the 3 lobed (like our liver) basil leaf which I do not show. Lying down hill has some mobility limits.

Earth is this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge of the week. Check out the other entries.

Wildflower Fest – Bloodroot

Spring Up

A Wildflower Wordless Wednesday

Wildflower Fest – Dutchmen’s Breeches

We don’t call them breeches anymore. I haven’t heard the term britches since I was a child, yet this archaic us of the old Dutch men’s leggings captures the caricature well. These pants hung out to dry on the line with their deep feathery green foliage are a bit of early spring whimsy.