Sunday Drive - Wild Flowers...

I love a Sunday Drive...

 

and I am lucky to live somewhere that with in a couple hours

I can be in the snow

in the deep forest

or at the beach...

 

 

this Sunday Drive,

was very simple...

 

only fifteen minutes away,

to the tiny town of Wilkeson...

 

 

I went specifically

 to see the Wild Sweet Rocket in bloom...

 

 

I have taken you along to Wilkeson, WA before

to show you these coke ovens....

 

you can view that old post here...

 

 

 

 

along the way I found

Queen Anne's Lace...

 



 

like snow flakes...

 





speaking of snow...

 

the Cottonwoods

are creating a blizzard of pollen....

 

see it in the air?

and lining the roadside?

 

achoo...

 



Wild Geranium...

 



 

 

the local quarry in Wilkeson

supplied the sandstone

for the Washington State Capitol Building

in Olympia...



 

ahhh,

the Sweet Rocket....

 

they are one of my favorite wildflowers...

 



Buttercup and Forget-me-nots...

 

 

I just learned

Buttercup is in the Ranunculus Family of plants...

 



 

 

the Foxgloves are almost ready to burst...

 

A reason to come back again soon... 

 

 

Discover your own Backyard...

White Sheets and Roses...

 these soft mornings...

 

while the roses are abundant

and the mornings light

is clear and yet still cool...

 

they are my favorite mornings of the year,

my very favorite time of the year...

 





 

“I'd love to wake up

 to complete silence,

white sheets,

 and the smell of crisp air

and roses.” 

  ― Maria Elena

facing the light head on...

 



 

the temptation to just climb back in bed

this Monday morning,..

 

is so strong....

 



 

 

 

 

Happy new week,

I hope yours began with beauty...

 

 

Stop and Smell the Roses <3

Pretty Peonies in a Row....

 What do you do

when it all happens at once?

 

 

my Peonies

went into bloom at he same time as the Roses...

 



 

Pretty Peonies all in a row...

 



 

the frills....

 

 

these Peonies

are the only plants that came with the house...

 

 

as much as I love them I have planted some paler varieties

but, they have yet to bloom....

 



 

 ah yes...

ants and peonies...

 

When the Peonies begin to open

that have a nectar the ants can't resist...

 

a natural attraction...

 

some say the ants help the buds to open...

others say the ants fight off other insects

 that would eat the peony...

 

I believe nature knows how to take care of itself....

like the plight of the bees due to our use of pesticides,

we need to let nature be...

natural!

 

 

 

Stop and Smell the Peonies

(but watch out, don't inhale an ant :-)