Hike, 27 June

I'm delivering on my promise... these are pictures from a hike I took a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately, my camera's battery died within about an hour so I didn't get much.  A lot of the flowers hadn't even opened for the day.  Not a hundred percent sure on all the plant IDs. I returned to the same trail the following weekend.

Fogscape

 

 

 

Calochortus weedii

It is always such a treat to see Calochortus!

 

Delphinium cardinale

Silene laciniata and Adenostoma fasciculatum

Yucca whipplei and some DYC (damned yellow composite)

Some kind of yarrow-like plant

No idea what this fuzzy little thing is. 

The flowers weren't open yet and even if they were... no hand lens

And now for something completely different...

This fence post looked super wicked so I needed a picture.

I'll have to edit the background more, I'm just not yet sure how.

Impressionistic Delphinium photo

...done without any silly photoshop filter (read: accidently :)

 I have a huge backlog of photos to edit and post, and I'm feeling moderately motivated to do so, at least for the time being. Stay tuned.

Cedar Breaks II

Escalante Canyon II

Escalante Canyon I

A few from my backpacking trip. I haven't tried to figure out the species of the flowers- any ideas?

Cedar Breaks I

Red Canyon

Red Canyon is pretty close to Bryce, near the junction of US 89 and UT 12. This was the reddest place I saw, but that might have been fortuitous lighting. Just a roadside stop.

A few random Utah pics...

All taken along state hwy 12... I have a ton more to edit

J tree

From my trip in November...

Hugest mofo coyotes I ever done seen

Lost Coast

Some pics from my recent backpacking trip to the Lost Coast. It was the first time I really used my new p&s camera so I wasn't able to get as many good shots as I'd hoped. I did the best I could with the plant IDs

Phacelia ?bolanderi

Mimulus guttatus

Aquilegia formosa

Eschscholzia californica