Handsome Blazing Star
Seems that every trip to the Wichitas a visit to the Badlands is made. A rough place that is usually void of any plant life but to be given high marks in colorful and odd rock formations. On the edge of the trail leading down to the exposed and hot terrain of the barren land grew this purple colored flowering plant. Elise Smith's guide told me it was a Blazing Star!
Making Seed
With their flower making days behind them, these lonely seed pods were just soaking in the sun and drying their tiny seeds. Optimists with great faith. Next spring there will be more of us, our colors will be brighter!
One of the purposes of this walkaround was I had just read an old publication where the author related that after a rain small diamonds could be found on the surface of this parched, rough land. It had rained last night, and I had brought my sack!
Needless to say, there is no Diamond Necklace in anyone's future! But Who Knows? Maybe they are just laying there unseen and making seed in the sun. Next spring they will be larger, and the numbers will be many. I can see the Sparkle now!
i think your finds are as beautiful as diamonds. :)
ReplyDeleteTwo nice pictures! Did you check the soles of your shoes for sparkly bits when you got home?
ReplyDeleteLooks like a very interesting place to explore and photograph. I really do need to get down that way long enough to do some serious poking around!
Just beautiful .. Greetings ..
ReplyDeleteNo diamonds? What's up with that? LOL
ReplyDeleteI really like the bottom photo with mountain in the background.
You are a man know how to explore the unknown. Both photos are sharp, and telling me you have travel a long way to get there.
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