may you too find love

[maureen2musings]

Columbia River Gorge

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[thelostcanyon]

Looking toward the ranges to the northeast, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

[kylebonallo]

Staffa by Kyle Bonallo (ig: @kylebonallo)

[atrusovaartist]

acrylic, canvas 50*60 cm «sunny gold» 2024

[riverwindphotography]

The first Lupine of the year

(c) riverwindphotography, June, 2026

[thelostcanyon]

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona.

[expressions-of-nature]

by Anita Austvika

[thelostcanyon]

Late spring sunset, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

[expressions-of-nature]

by hajime3776

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Triteleia laxa

This native California bulb is not uncommon in our part of California. providing a wonderful splash of blue in the spring. It has the common name of "Ithuriel's spear", and it looks great alongside the California poppies in the Ruth Bancroft Garden, as seen above. Triteleia and the related genus Brodiaea have been placed in different families over the years, moving from the Amaryllis Family to the Themidaceae and now to the Asparagaceae (in the subfamily Brodiaeoideae).

-Brian

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Ferocactus emoryi subsp. covillei

Ferocactus emoryi is a barrel cactus from northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona. It has 3 recognized subspecies; this one is subsp. covillei, with red flowers, found in Arizona and in northern Sonora. The subsp. emoryi comes from farther south and has yellow flowers. The third one is subsp. rectispinus, from across the Gulf of Cslifornia in Baja California, with extra-long spines and yellow flowers.

-Brian

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus

This is the spectacular Baja subspecies in the F. emoryi group, notable for its very long spines as well as its large and showy yellow flowers (sometimes these are more orange-yellow). It is certainly having a good year here at the Ruth Bancroft Garden!

-Brian

[360nw]

Bogus Basin Road Sunset - near Boise Idaho - May 2026

[besidethepath]

The sparrows prove to be gourmets.

[thelostcanyon]

A grassy ridge above a mesquite bosque near Mescal, Cochise County, Arizona.

[redlipstickresurrected]

Nazarii Medvid aka Назарій Медвідь (Ukrainian, b. 1992, Komariv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Halych Region, Ukraine) - Depth of Nature 397, 2025, Paintings: Acrylic on Canvas

[expressions-of-nature]

by Anita Austvika