Photographed (macro) on July 10th on our hike on the Small Whaleback, about two and a half hours' drive south of Calgary. The whole flower cluster was maybe three-quarters of an inch across, at most.
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A tiny Crab Spider hanging out on a Gaillardia flower. Photographed (macro) on a botany hike on the Small Whaleback on July 10th. This is just one small, wonderful area of rolling hills and wildflower meadows, off Highway 22, just north of the Oldman River, southern Alberta, about a two and a quarter hour drive south of Calgary.
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An individual flower on a hanging cluster of three on a Three-flowered Avens plant, photographed (macro) on a botany hike on the Small Whaleback, July 10th. This is a wonderful area of rolling hills amd wildflower meadows just off Highway 22, just north of the Oldman River, southern Alberta.
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This was such a beautiful Puffball that we saw during a botanizing trip to the Small Whaleback on July 10th. It was growing on a hillside of wildflowers. There wasn't anything I could do to turn it into either an artistic or even photogenic shot, so here's the best I could do, ha. Isn't it a beauty, though? Must have been about 4" across.
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A friend walking in the wonderful wildflower meadows of the Small Whaleback on July 10th. The purple flowers here are Lupins - adding this after several people mentioned them. This was a long drive south of Calgary, towards the Crowsnest Pass, and just before you get to the Oldman River. This was a botanizing trip, to record all plants, insects, birds, mammals, etc. that we could find. Even a couple of Puffballs, one of which was quite spectacular : )
Later: ha ha, I did about 8,000 steps on the above hike and today I did around 10,000 steps - walking around the Stampede Grounds with my youngest daughter!! Couldn't believe my pedometer when I got home this afternoon after spending about four hours breathing in the greasy smell from the food vendors, getting neck cramps from watching people get flung on a bungee-type ride or the high swings, watching Mom pig feed her 11 little piglets, seeing the most beautiful horses from Clydesdales to Miniatures. It is quite an experience to "do" the Grounds - but I wouldn't want to do it more than one day a year! Thanks, Rachel, for a fun time!
Holy smokes - just after 10:30 p.m. and we are having a torrrential rainstorm with thunder and lightning!!
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