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Wild Mustard and Me
in Donner Canyon, May 23, 2010. Clara and I strolled through the canyon,...
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Purple Salsify
This flower is in the sunflower family.
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Rein Orchid!
Yet another new, wild orchid!
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Winecup Clarkia
The clarkias were our constant companions on this hike. We saw them...
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Wild Clover, I think
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Winecup Clarkia
Note how much lighter this one is than the previous--and the variation...
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Clarkias
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Wind Poppy!
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Chinese Houses
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California Buckeye
Despite the fact that the peak on the right looks lower, I think it is...
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Monkeyflower and Me
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Mariposa Lily!
I'm so glad they're back!
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Mariposa Lily
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Woolly Sunflower and Indian Paintbrush
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Views
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Clara, Virgin's Bower, Views
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Butterfly (hairstreak?) on Yarrow
Note the proboscis.
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Owl's Clover and white owl's clover
We had never seen this rare, white form of the flower before.
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View of a basin
We could also see beyond the Central Valley to the snow-peaked Sierras today....
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Clara on the summit of Mt. Olympia
It was windy up there, so we left in a hurry. This is the third time I've...
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Larkspur and wind poppies, oh my!
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Blooming Dudleya
(also called rock lettuce, in the stonecrop family.)
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Bee in cobweb thistle
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Me near North Peak
We hiked along the ridge from Mt. Olypmia to North Peak, but...
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Descending through the poppies
There were so many poppies on the Prospector's Gap Road, a fire road from...
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