As spring approaches summer, the grasses dry up and spring wildflowers disappear. Early summer brings a few flowers that seem to thrive...

May had a cold start but the flowers bloomed anyway. Now that we are in the second week of May it has warmed up, bringing even more...

After several months of wet and windy weather, spring is settling in. We may have lost the Camp Cougar sign and its hefty post in the 88...

It's a great year for wildflowers. Lupines and lilies are the most prevalent this year, but there are many other varieties including...

The daffodils finally opened at the end of the month. Our landscaper planted them almost two years ago. This is the second season. I am...

We finally have a row of daffodils lining part of our driveway. Today they are spectacular. But how long will they last?

There aren't as many flowers blooming now as in the spring, but with some careful looking, it's possible to spot some wonderful ones....

When I moved here many years ago, I dreamed of having fields of wild flowers—a riot of color visible from a distance. For years I have...

One year ago I discovered that the back field was taken over by a yellow flower I hadn't seen previously. They are -->

Camp Cougar doesn't have that many thistles. Glen spends a good deal of time each spring digging up or spraying -->

My prevous post A Yellow Invasion described a plant that started growing in huge numbers in our back field, and whose name →

I went away for a few weeks and when I returned I found a →

It's early May and there must be hundreds of thousands of wildflowers. But they are →