Lomatium

Purple and flowers for your browser. Phlox longifolia a plant native to western North America and just as pretty as any found in the garden. For more info on native plants see www.cwnp.org

Sphaeroalcea grossulariifolia is a native mallow- related to hollyhocks that grows in deserts in the western US. www.cwnp.org

Old fashioned rose.

Simple design in blue and green with native wildflowers.

Calochortus macrocarpus- mariposa lily- native to deserts in the western US. www.cwnp.org

Hooker's balsamroot- Balsamorhiza hookeri in rainbow vision. A western US wildflower which looks very much like a plant is closely related to- the sunflower. Visit www.cwnp.org for more information on native plants.

Carex geyeri- elk sedge, an ecologically important ground cover in Pacific Northwest forests. Go to www.cwnp.org for more information on native plants.

Leucocrinum montanum also called sand lily or star-of-Bethlehem. A member of the lily family and native to the western US, habitat is dry sandy or rocky areas. www.cwnp.org

Waters of the Columbia River in Washington State.

A petroglyph from Idaho- carved out of basalt using another rock by prehistoric Indians. Two lizards.

1927-1928 Dobro (a bluegrass instrument much like a guitar), and monkey flowers (a wildflower native to the western US). Bluegrass and wildflowers...does it get any better?

My dog, a border collie named Sonny, sniffing the camera while out for a hike in the Cascades.

Phlox longifolia, a common native phlox can cover hillsides- especially after fire, making them appear from a distance that they are white with snow. www.cwnp.org

Old fashioned rose from my garden.

One of the few native orange flowered plants, it also does well in gardens. Its scientific name is Sphaeralcea grossularifolia. To find out more about native plants visit cwnp.org

Petroglyphs from Idaho along the Snake River, made by Native Americans. Some of the rock art in the area is historic, while some is up to 7,000 years old. Some are easier to decipher than others. While the man is fairly obvious, the other could be eyes or???

Green is a color you just never see in roses, perfect for St. Patrick's Day. Let the luck of the Irish be with you.

Love & Respect

Barestem biscuitroot or Indian parsley seedlings in early spring- east Cascades, Washington State. Plants in this family and genera when blooming looks like carrots, except this one has yellow flowers instead of white. The leaves are high in vitamin C and were used by Native Americans for fresh greens and seasoning. It tastes like very strong parsley.

Helicopter delivering a fire crew into the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington State.

The elusive mountain lady slipper, an orchid native to North America. Found in shaded moist forests.

Geese flying, black and white

Mariposa lily- Calochortus macrocarpus- inverted colors. Found blooming in late spring throughout the western US. www.cwnp.org for more info on the plant.

Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus) along the Columbia River in winter. These reeds were used extensively by Indians for mats and the outside covering of houses. Since the building of dams there are very few places along the river with these reeds, as the old riparian areas that they grew so well in were flooded.