Like mini Easter Hot Cross Buns
Mealy Primrose / Primula incana
Yellow Lady's-slippers
Out of hibernation
Amongst the rocks
Growing in unexpected places
Feeling on top of the world
Flame-coloured Lousewort / Pedicularis flammea
Purple Saxifrage / Saxifraga oppositifolia
Having one's head in the clouds
Creating water patterns
Dwarf Raspberry / Rubus arcticus
My day, yesterday : )
Heart-leaved Twayblade / Listera cordata var. neph…
Near north end of Plateau Mt. Ecological Reserve
Blunt-leaved Sandwort / Moehringia lateriflora
A view from south end of Plateau Mt. Ecological Re…
False Huckleberry / Menziesia ferruginea
Colour and light
Mountain Dandelion
Gray Jay sunbathing
Harley : )
A sprinkling of colour
I'm always ready for a Ruddy
: )
Showing off its beauty
Kissed by the light
Family in the spotlight
Swainson's Hawk
Rain-drenched Western Wood Lily
Beauty comes in small packages
Little grass muncher
Another Monarch
Newly fledged
Richardson's Geranium / Geranium richardsonii
Happy Canada Day
Bowing its head
Least Flycatcher
Completely focused
Coming in for a sip of sweet nectar
Now THAT'S colour
Quite a mouthful
American Pika
A lovely summer's day in Kananaskis
Mutinus elegans
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Blowing in the wind


Most times that I decide to call in at the Reader Rock Garden, it's windy or very windy. Yesterday, after a botany walk all morning, followed by a volunteer shift in the afternoon, I thought I'd call in before driving home. It had been pretty much impossible to photograph any wildflowers earlier in the day, and the wind continued while I was Reader's. I was glad that I went, though, as I realized that the Calgary Stampede starts off tomorrow morning, with the world famous Stampede Parade. The Stampede Grounds just across from Reader's were busy and noisy, as preparations were underway to open the huge Midway of exhilarating "rides", and so on. I will be on top of a high mountain plateau (way, way south of the city) that escaped the glaciers of the last Ice Age, so is covered in permafrost, and we'll be looking at the wildflowers, lichens, mosses, etc., keeping our eyes open for rare species. Sure beats the craziness that will be going on in the city : ) When our kids were very young, the Stampede was fun and an experience not to be missed, just as it is for visitors to the city, but I am happy as can be to be as far away as possible after all these years.
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