#balsam root

[climbhighsleeplow]

[neversettle16]

[bergsmotiv]

The Mountain spires are called The Cathedral Group, including the Grand Teton.

[pronetowandersblog]

“In the first week of April the weather turned suddenly unseasonably, insistently lovely. The sky was blue, the air warm and windless, and the sun beamed on the muddy ground with all the sweet impatience of June.”

—— Donna Tartt, The secret history 🌼🌼

Magic days spent in Oregon. Wildflower season is here and the balsam root is so very special.

📍Columbia River Gorge

[tylerknott]

I’ve never seen the mountains like this, to this extent, in all my life. It felt like I tripped and fell into Big Fish, and somewhere out there, Edward Bloom, was proving his love for me.

[heaveninawildflower]

Cut-leaved Balsam Root (Balsamorrhiza macrophylla).

 Watercolour and brown ink over graphite (1913) by Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, 1867–1944 ).

Image and text information courtesy The Met

[film-120]

floralscapes, part four by Danielle Nelson Via Flickr: From various places around the the Pacific Northwest. Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.

[peculiar-hearts]

it never gets old by Danielle Nelson