Yesterday I went for a walk up into the woods behind my house.
It's very steep, and my hiking muscles are not quite up to snuff. I am being reminded of this weakness of mine today with every step I take. :-)
I want to work out the winter kinks now, because Mr. P, S and I want to hike to a lake that none of us have ever been to. We plan to do that this Spring or early Summer. It's my goal to charge up the hill at least once a week in preparation so I'll be able to keep up with their prodigious hiking abilities and not slow them down too much.
As I was walking along an old logging road I glanced down to my left and saw a patch of wild sunflowers growing in a rather unlikely spot. So I went down to investigate...
Their leaves remind me of horseradish.
Teeny tiny sunflower seeds....
Right in the sunflower patch, a young fir tree was growing. At this stage of its life, it has just doubled its size in one season...
I love the color of new grown on fir trees. It's luminous.
With the abundance of rain and snow this year, all the plants are thriving. Including the poison oak. I ran across some VERY happy new growth farther up the hill. I didn't stop to take photos, I gave it a wide berth. I'm quite allergic to the stuff, and find it rather difficult to admire it. So it's not going on these pages any time soon.
But I AM hoping to get a glimpse of the tiger lilies up at the creek this year. I think they are the most rarified and spectacular flower that grows here close to home. We will see what THEY thought of the abundant water this winter....
Their leaves remind me of horseradish.
Teeny tiny sunflower seeds....
Right in the sunflower patch, a young fir tree was growing. At this stage of its life, it has just doubled its size in one season...
I love the color of new grown on fir trees. It's luminous.
With the abundance of rain and snow this year, all the plants are thriving. Including the poison oak. I ran across some VERY happy new growth farther up the hill. I didn't stop to take photos, I gave it a wide berth. I'm quite allergic to the stuff, and find it rather difficult to admire it. So it's not going on these pages any time soon.
But I AM hoping to get a glimpse of the tiger lilies up at the creek this year. I think they are the most rarified and spectacular flower that grows here close to home. We will see what THEY thought of the abundant water this winter....