When I hike, I think. When I think, I ALWAYS have questions.
What is this and why can’t I find it in any of my books? It is growing by the lower trail crossing of Franklin Creek.What is this and why can’t I find it in any of my books? It is a yellow flower I always wrote off as “too similar to all the rest of the boring yellows”. This year I am learning as many new flowers as possible – new to me, previously ignored.Being a color junkie, I HAD to know if all these flowers are the same color. The largest petal is from a Jeffrey Shooting Star, the middle petal is from Fireweed, and the one on the left is Rock Fringe.On the Franklin/Farewell Trail above the lowest Franklin stream crossing but below the junction is this odd view of Farewell Gap.Remember when Trail Guy went into the snow tunnel?
Here are his photos from inside the tunnel:
About a week later, the tunnel looked like this. He walked in it a ways, and then climbed out onto the pinkish algae-clad snow.
Red-handed.
The more he rubbed and tried to wash off the algae, the redder it became.
Is this Laurel or Heather? I believe they are twins, not quite identical but very close.Meet Lousewort. Why is he in the flower books and so many other prettier flowers are not?You’ve seen this in a previous post – it is a YELLOW Violet. Say what? I thought yellow and violet were complements on the color wheel. What’s next – a blue orange??
