First Ladybird of the year ,Seven-spot on Cardamine pratensis #Ladybird #wildflowers #nature #naturephotography #macro #Perthshire #Scotland
First Ladybird of the year ,Seven-spot on Cardamine pratensis #Ladybird #wildflowers #nature #naturephotography #macro #Perthshire #Scotland
For #MountainMonday: A photo from way back in 2013: wildflowers and a view of the Tatoosh Range from Mazama Ridge in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA. While Rainier gets all the attention, I almost preferred photographing the Tatoosh during my trips down there.
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Ladybug on a daisy - hand painted watercolor painting
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Here's another shot of that lovely liverwort from yesterday (previous post). I took this with my 200-500mm wildlife lens. Gonna try to get back to #ClearCreekTrail with the macro lens so I can get closer/better detail.
Popping in from hiatus to post this beauty. This is liverwort (Anemone hepatica) & it's one of my absolute favorites. I look for it in early #spring on #ClearCreekTrail. Usually find 1-2 plants but this yr found a whole patch.
28/03/2025 - I'm probably posting too many photos from my walk today but this one makes me happy, maybe you too
Wonderful white blackthorn flowers with yellow gorse behind, just magic.
28/03/2025 - The wild flowers are really starting to pop round here now. Photos of four new flowers for the year for me from my walk today. Great to see them back.
Common Chickweed - By the roadside, where I see most of my flowers.
Wood Forget-me-not - I think, I'm not very good with ID-ing these.
Wood-sorrel - First of the year and one of my favourites.
Danish Scurvygrass - These just love the salty roadsides.
Claytonia sarmentose, also called spring beauty, is one of the early wildflowers I start looking for each year. The curled stigma is one of its most distinctive features.
More photos and ID details in the wildflower guide: lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflowers/spring-beauty-claytonia-sarmentosa
The tightly curled stamens of a Bottlebrush (Callistemon) just starting to burst from their buds
Fun short after work hike to a wildflower hotspot. #Hiking #Wildflowers
Marsh marigolds (Caltha palustris) in flower on the bank of a stream.
The grape hyacinth ignored the one day of snow and burst upon the scene in rich color.
Went on several hikes over the weekend, first one to find wildflowers, the second to take local people to a nearby wilderness area. Lots of wildflowers on both. Flowers below are two of my early spring favorites, bloodroot and bluebells. Yay it's finally spring!! #Hiking #Wildflowers
Pedicularis lanata (Woolly Lousewort) blooming near Nome Creek in the White Mountains, Alaska, in late May. The edible roots taste somewhat like carrots.
Info in my Alaska Wildflower Guide: https://www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflowers/woolly-lousewort-pedicularis-lanata/