Wild Iris

We have wild iris (also known as grass iris) all over our area. They can be found in sunny, moist locations in meadows, along roadsides and streams. The mountain meadows have such a wide variety of wild flowers that it's difficult to pick which one I like the best. The easiest way to decide is to like what ever flowers happen to be in bloom when I'm there!

Crocus

Wild Violets

These little violets are so pretty along my pathway and in my yard. The first time I saw a yard that was covered with the lavender violets I wanted my yard to look just like that! I am hoping that they will spread all over the front yard. It wasn't until I took a close look that I noticed the white violets had lavender veining. That's new! What a nice surprise!

Blue-eyed Grass

Blue-eyed grass is one of my favorite spring flowers. These little flowers are showy and prolific! I love to see the mountain meadows covered in their blooms.

Snow mushroom

We pick snow mushrooms a little earlier than morels but many times we find both toward the end of May. The season will be off this year as we didn't get the usual snow pack. Much less snow that normal.

Morels

Seems like we (I) let too many other things get in the mix and too many other projects take over. My latest project is to learn to photoshop my pictures so they can be made into post cards and note cards. This picture was taken a few years ago on a mushroom picking excursion on Mt. Emily. I would love to see some comments! Good or bad so I can improve my work. Thanks!

For the first time in several years we have an abundance of apricots! Of course the nicest ones are at the top of the tree... Everyone is getting their share, birds, squirrels, us and our neighbors (who took home 3 - 5gallon buckets) so it looks like time to make some apricot jam and apricot/pineapple jam. It always feels like a little bit of summer when I bite into a fresh, hot biscuit with real butter and homemade apricot jam. How can you beat that on a cold winter's day?