Thursday, August 9, 2012

Flowers at Mt. Rainier

"...The most luxurious and most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all my mountain-top ramblings." John Muir (on Mt. Rainer's Meadows.)

Please enjoy some of the wild flowers we captured on film to share God's beauty to those who will peek into our world. The best of all is sharing this time with a dear friend Teresa.  We both love flowers and had a blast finding them!

 Twin Flower
 Tiger Lily
 Common Harebell
 Meadow Parsley
 Sitka Valerian
 Lewis Monkey Flower
 Pearly Everlasting
 Mountain Bog Gentian
 Arnica
 Groundsel
Bistort
 Spreading Phlox
 Subalpine Daisy
 Spring Beauty
 Western Anemone (Seed Head) Starts as Pasque Flower
 Pasque Flower
 Shrubby Cinquefoil
 Pink Heather
 Cliff Penstemon
 Small Flower Penstemon
 Unidentified. Help?
 White Heather
 Rosey Spirea
 Avalanche Lily
 Buttercup
 My Fav- Jeffrey's Shooting Star
 Broadleaf Lupine
 Marsh Marigold
 Beargrass
 Harsh (red) Indian Paintbrush
 Unidentified - help?
 Mountain Daisey
 Oregon Stonecrop

Fireweed

I lived fully in the meadows of Mt. Rainier, bringing home memories of happiness and peace, knowing His creation is to be enjoyed.  Loved it - I did, wishing I could return in late August, to find other wild flowers waving their petals to the sun, knowing their time in summer is short.  I hope you have enjoyed my collect thoughts and pics!