Sunday Stills: Flowers or Wildflowers

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was flowers or wildflowers.  I chose wildflowers. This is a tiny little wild violet that is in our yard, it always blooms in May.

 This is a Wild Iris, this one just happens to be in someones garden.  The thing in the background is a bird cage..part of the fancy smancy art in gardens movement..please just give me plain ole flowers any day of the week.  Have a good week everyone..we had five days of rain last week and two days of sunshine:)

Sunday Stills: Wildflowers

The Sundays Stills Challenge this week was wildflowers! Wildflowers are my favorite thing to photograph, so I was delighted with this challenge, thanks ED! I decided to show you just four of my favorites. All are native to Minnesota, all are beautiful , I hope you enjoy them!

Minnesota's State Flower the Showy Lady's Slipper or Cypripedium reginae, she starts blooming around June 20, and is still blooming. These are about 10 miles from our home.

The Yellow Lady's Slipper or Cypripedium parviflorum, she blooms around June 20, and is still blooming. I can walk to this one as she is found along our back driveway. This year there were five blooms! That may not seem like many, but that is two more than she had last year!

Blue Flag Iris or Iris versicolor, this is along a stream about two miles from our home.

Indian Paintbrush or Castilleja coccinea. He is a little more difficult to find, we had to go further away to find a good stand of these, about twenty miles. He was well worth the trip! :)