Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Ahh how I love to walk in the wildflowers...

I'm not going to comment but I never made it over to the in-laws ranch Sunday...But I did manage to take a walk on our property and I am glad as there were wildflowers all over....Of course some were quiet small and I really had to pay attention, where others were quiet obvious!

When I got to the back 2 acres of our property the field was covered in White Prickly Poppies...just beautiful!

Every time I see the white prickly poppies I smile...as I remember a time when my Mother was visiting and they were in full bloom...As we were driving she asked me to stop and pick some...I told her I didn't think so...They are called white prickly poppies for a reason...I showed her the flowers and she understood...it would be like picking thistles or thorns...Nope Not me...You have to understand from the time my sister and I were little our Mother was always stopping along side the road to either pick wildflowers or dig them up to transplant into the flower beds at home, this was one time my Mother was NOT going to get her flowers!!


Shrubby Water Primrose


Huisache Daisy (Butterfly Daisy).



White Top Sedge


Scarlet Pimpernel


Phacelia (Blue curls, spiderflower, wild heliotrope)


Spiderwort...
I thought it was a pretty assortment of wildflowers...You honestly never realize how many different wildflowers there are until you get out there and start looking around...some aren't as obvious as others...to me it is like a scavenger hunt with my camera!
I think I am caught up with my photos for the time being...whew! I've downloaded some pretty digital scrap papers from Jen's website and I am looking forward to putting them to good use....if you'd like to take a look at Jen's blog click here...She has a really nice blog with lots of photos and scrap ideas and materials too...
I hope y'all have a great week and thank you for stopping by :o)



4 comments:

Jen said...

I always love your photos. I'm so jealous of all your flowers. We don't have them here like that. It's just too dry. Have to go to the mountains. But even that isn't like what you have...or how it was in Maine. ;D Thanks for the kind compliments. You are good to me! Keep up the great work!!!!

Kelly said...

pretty flowers! Good Job on the photos!!!

Chris said...

Hi Wendy,
Lucky to have so many flowers already... We have almost none at the moment, the spring is yet to come. I love the last one, the composition is beautiful as well as the colours.

Leah said...

So are you contributing your photos somewhere yet?
You really should be!