Harebell #2
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Blanket Flower #3
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Blanket Flower #2
Bozeman, Montana
2020

I’m used to seeing blanket flowers on our land that have a lot of red on the petals, like this one. But this year I have not seen any that had more than a smidgen of red.

Lost Youth–Spent Beauty #42
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Swift Justice–Yellowstone Dystopia #4
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Darrell learned the hard way the value of social distancing in Yellowstone.

The Art of Docking
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Coming back from a flower walk, I discovered the Fashion Queen at our pond practicing the fine art of docking–a variation of the more common activity of porching which we practice with regularity as weather permits.

Bare Tree #43
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Time to Shine
Bozeman, Montana
2020

Of late, when out photographing flowers on our property, I’ve started coming across some interesting fungi as well. I’m having enough trouble trying to keep my wildflower varieties straight, so I’m not even going to attempt to identify species of fungi, not even to the point of declaring these mushrooms or toadstools.

Meadow Chickweed
Bozeman, Montana
2020

A.k.a. field chickweed, a.k.a. cerastium arvense. This is a native plant to North America, not to be confused with the less showy common chickweed (Stellaria media) or common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum), which were introduced from Europe and now grow in all 50 states.

Prairie Smoke #5
Bozeman, Montana
2020

If you aren’t familiar with the prairie smoke flower, this photo of some going to seed shows how they got their name.