Wildflowers, part 3: the Vedauwoo edition
There’s no other way for me to put it. Vedauwoo had an embarrassment of wildflowers a week and a half ago.
I don’t currently have the time to look up all these flowers. I hope to do it by and by. But I had to at least post the pictures, so you folks would know what’s out there while the gettin’s still good.
A note: the air’s a bit thinner at 8,000 feet. Husband and I found that when we’d stand up after being crouched for awhile, looking at a flower or insect (or both), we’d get a bit light-headed. No worries. Just so you know what to expect.
In case you were looking for my other wildflower photos, look here and here.
And now, being a good entomologist’s wife, a few photos of flowers with insects.

Beautiful, metallic green bee. Incidentally, the dark wood at left is beaver-chewed. We found a beaver pond along one trail.
And, some just-insect pictures. We saw many butterflies, but not many of them were visiting flowers. The preferred the rocks and mud puddles instead that day.
spectacular!