Petunia, Another Unusual Color

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And, here is another petunia, again an unusual color combination.  What a delight.

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Traffic Control

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Nebraska, at a threshers gathering, traffic control via horseback.  Normal, I am told for the area, a new one for me.  Makes so much sense!  Easy to spot em.  Ya, this works!!

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Breakfast on the Run

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Well, at least on the hoof.

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Green Edged Fushia Petunia

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I have been finding some unusual, or at least new to me, colors of petunias this year.  Here is another, it is edged in green, almost the same green as the leaves, the center being a hot fushia pink, almost purple.

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Hydrangea

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Spreadin The Begonias

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Just love finding unusual planters full of gorgeous annuals - - this is an old lawn fertilizer spreader filled with potted begonias and a few small American flags.

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Tiger Lillies And The Windmill

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No Lunch for the Elk

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Place:  Yellowstone National Park.  Believe these wagons of summer annuals are "protected" this way to keep the elk from eating them.  We did not see elk here, but, were told they were thick as flies in this area.  In any event, thought this was rather "interesting".

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I Live in Yellowstone, And, Yes I Am Yellow

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Mystery Flower from Little Bighorn

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I spied these growing in the wild grasses areas near the Visitors Center at Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.  They were growing in an area that was being refurbished, they asked you not to walk on the grounds.  They were only a few inches tall and the flower itself was 1 to 2 inches in diameter.  I wondered if it was not some kind of bulb.

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Bikin' Pooch

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Spotted in Custer Nebraska.

Has his ears to the wind and his bags are packed, this dude is ready to rock n' roll.

Woof!




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The Cowboy's Pony

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Monument Valley (if it looks familiar, you might want to revisit/watch some ole John Wayne movies).

Below, photo is a bit out of focus, tried to zoom too much!  LOL

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Utah Juniper, Artistic Structure

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I had mentioned not long ago my fascination with Utah Juniper, here is one, in Arches National Park.

Gotta love how they built the fence around it.

Western Wonder Weed

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Saw lots of this growing in Arizona and Utah.  Never really found out what it was. Was hard to photograph, as the spent flowers are small and any little gust of wind blew them all over and out of focus.  MMM, it seems to be rather breezy in Arizona and Utah, a LOT!

I like the star like quality, and the straw like quality.

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Planter of a Different Sort

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I always love when gardeners use planters out of different materials, such as this tree stump.  Don't cha just love that one solitary purple pansy hanging from the side??

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Pretty Pink Petunias

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We recently visited Custer South Dakota, they had beautiful hanging baskets of petunias, most in these wonderful shades of pink.

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What Tangled Webs We Weave

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Wild and White

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Found growing near the Visitors Center at Arches National Park, April 28, 2011.  I have not attempted to identify them

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Got a Guess, What Am I??

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Found growing at Arches National Park in Moab at the end of April.

Below, the flowers in "bud" stage.

Below, flowers, quickly becoming "spent".

The stalk or stem:

The whole plant.

So, what is it??

Rumex hymenosepalus, commonly known as Canaigre or wild rhubarb, found growing at Arches National Park in Moab.




*  The stem gave it away to me.  LOL
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Open Range Country, Got Beef??

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Near Monument Valley, Utah.

White at bottom of photo is Big Butt's hood.  You might be able to see that there is fencing to the far right of the photo.  Question, from one who was experiencing open range for the first time, why have a fence at all if you are going to let them roam on the highway?  This was a main road too, heavily traveled.  We traveled this road to move further north into Utah, and we just about nailed some of this burger on the hoof when leaving, with Tana in tow.




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