Wild Flowers

We were just a short way up the trail to Mount Washburn when we encountered the most amazing display of these wild flowers. Looking south near the trail head. 

"When day is done, and shadows fall.... ", as the old song goes. A study in contrast. Lumix LX1, ISO 80, F4.5 1/80. 

Paulette's version

Paulette took this with a little Kodak V530 I gave her for her birthday! Not bad! 

Pioneer cabin

A view from within an actual late 1800's pioneer cabin. It was built of extra-heavy logs to protect its occupants against roving thugs. The settler could fire from this narrow window relatively protected from the bad guys. 

On the way to the top

A view on the way up to the summit of Renezvous Mountain on the aerial tram. Unfortunately this tram is being decommissioned in October, never to go again. Why? I don't know. 

At the top looking down.

What does it look like at the top of the Tetons? Like this! June 5, 2006, 42 degrees, wind 10 MPH and still lots of snow. It's 76 degrees in the valley. 

Rustic Teton County

The quintessential postcard photo of the Tetons from the Jenny Lake road in Teton National Park. 

I made it!

Yours truly after successfully arriving at the summit of Renezvous Mountain with Jackson Hole in the background. (I took the tram!) 

Hikers

The three hikers sitting on the left have just hiked to the summit of Renezvous Mountain from the floor of Jackson Hole, a 4500 foot climb. The one on the left is American, the other two are Germans from Munich. They made the climb in two hours twenty minutes a distance of 7.2 miles. 

Aerial Tram

An aerial tram car approaches the dock at the summit of Renezvous Mountain, altitude 10450 feet. The grand Teton Peak looms in the background just to the left of the car.

The Grand Tetons

A panoramic view of the Grand Tetons reflected in Jackson Lake taken from Signal Mountain in Grand Teton National Park. 

Mountain stream

Are you hot and dry? An ice-cold mountain stream flows from the snow-line in the Teton Mountain range June 5, 2006. Come and cool off! 

American Avocet

Just one of the hundreds of unique birds found at the Farmington Bay Wild Bird Sanctuary. Nikon D70, 80-400mm VR @400mm, 1/125 @F9.0, 100 ISO

Columbine

This lovely flower is no bigger around than a quarter.

Canon 20D, 17-85mm at 85mm, 1/100 @5.6, ISO400 

White tulip in your face

Macro photo of a white tulip. 

Apple Blossoms

Beautiful colors, beautiful bokeh. (And I don't mean bouqet), huh Ron?

Another Tulip

Can you tell I'm enjoying Spring?

Orange tulips in the morning sun

I was taken by the lovely texture of these tulips with the morning sun shining through the blossoms. 

Red Wing Blackbird

The red wing blackbird is very skittish and it's hard to get close enough to photograph one. The yellow head version is less fearful and I have several good shots of them, but this is finally a good photo of the red wing. 

The Charles Marchant boys

This photo is the only time that I recall that all of us were together at one time. Front row, left to right: Kenneth, David, Dad, Ronald. Back row, left to right:
Richard, and Lewis.

I estimate this is about 1955. 

Yellow Jacket wasp on Yellow Flower

I think this wasp is confused and thinks that it's a honey bee. It was flying from flower to flower, apparently dining on polen, or maybe just attracted to the bright yellow flowers.

Little Robin Redbreast

The presence of robins in the area is confirmation that spring has arrived. Hurray! (Canon EOS 20D, 100-400mm Canon lens at 640mm equivalent.) 

Red flower buds

These are the buds of a flowering bush that is in back of my condo. The signs of Spring are everwhere and they are sure welcome. This has been a trying winter for me. 

Your getting too close!

A mallard drake gets upset when I get too close to him and his mate. Taken April 4, 2006. 

Best of Friends

Usually a mallard drake will be with a female, but these two stayed t ogether for the thirty minutes or so that I observed them. Maybe they're siblings, or maybe.....