Beautiful wildflowers and a silly bug!

One of our neighbors' dirt driveway has become overgrown with beautiful wildflowers--blue sage wildflowers and pink evening primrose.  These blue wildflowers open up in the morning and close their petals when the temperature soars so this was a morning capture. (see comments below)

This is a macro image of the blue sage wildflower.

This silly bug was enjoying this pink evening primrose wildflower and didn't seem to mind his photo taken!

These pretty pink flowers are catclaw sensitive briers.  They look so pretty against a green grass background!

Purple coneflowers are a faithful wildflower around the Smith Ranch!

I love this macro image of an unfruited Black-eyed Susan!  The macro image lets you see things you would have never seen before like the hair on the leaves of this wildflower.

This milkweed is called antelope horns which I think is a very fitting name!

Purple prairie clover were very much in abundance this year!

I was so excited to happen upon this wildflower called the Red Mexican hat.  These are the only two that I could find on the Ranch!  

Blue sage, yellow wildflowers, and a stormy sky

On an overcast and rainy day I was delighted to discover blue sage growing just a short distance from our home.  The yellow wildflowers and stormy sky made a complimentary background to these pretty blue wildflowers.

There are several types of goldenrod in this area and the image below is called Rigid goldenrod. These were growing out of a rock!

Some folks believe that Goldenrod is a main cause of  seasonal allergies.  The reason this myth came about was because Goldenrod's peak blooming period coincides with the peak of ragweed season. Another important point is that Goldenrods are bee pollinated, where ragweeds are wind pollinated. This means allergy suffers are especially affected on windy days as a result of ragweed’s win pollination and not Goldenrod’s bee pollination.

This broomweed is sometimes found in overgrazed pastures.  Very pretty!

My photo session was cut short by rain as you can see by the stormy clouds image shown below.