Saturday Jun 06, 2009 at 00:03

Spring in Boulder

Spring is in full flight in the foothills. I headed out to favourite local haunt Chautauqua last Sunday morning to see what was going on wildflower-wise.

Flatirons Spring

I’m no flower expert and don’t have a book to hand, so no real idea what the above flowers are. However, as of last Sunday they were looking just a little past prime, but still in decent shape. Just as well I went out that day, as the next three mornings brought rain and clouds.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with two other local photographers, Nick Moore and Bill Meikle, respectively English and Scottish. Of course, I hear you say, why wouldn’t three UK nationals gather by chance at 6am on a Sunday morning in a Colorado meadow? Small world.

A little later, I headed up around the Bluebell Mesa trail, carpeted in flowers and patrolled by a number of spectacular hawkmoths, and looped back down the main trail. I captured this iris macro to round off the morning:

Wild Iris

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Stephen · Saturday, June 06, 2009, 00:03 · Permalink