Yesterday was the Strawberry moon, and one of my favorite things to do is watch the moon rise. This time it was the Strawberry moon.
I ran to get the camera and the moon had already risen above the treeline. I was expecting to see more red, as there was a fire close by, but it was clear. This isn’t red from the sky, it’s the exposure.
Happy May Day! What better way to start the month than with some beautiful flowers!
I went for a short hike last weekend and looked at wild flowers in the East Weaver Basin Trail. It was beautiful, there were quite a few flowers! But it was raining quite a bit!
I managed to get some nice photos of these flowers, native to Trinity county, California. Pictured here is the Calypso Orchid, a native wild flower.
The hike was great, quite a few people, I hope to get back this week on a sunny day.
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Hound’s Tongue is another native wild flower to Trinity county. It has beautiful bright green leaves that are broad, and then one large stem or stalk coming out and there are flowers at the top of the stem. There was a lot of Hound’s Tongue flowering and growing everywhere. Where at the Calypso orchid we saw one!
The Trinity county native wild flowers are so beautiful! Many of these flowers do not grow at my house, the area we went for a hike at was very wooded, wet, and hilly. This native wild flower is from the Primerose family.
Next sis the beautiful Henderson’s Shooting Star, this flower is very tiny and delicate with several flowers shooting out, of one star shaped flower. It’s tiny stalk with multiple stalks coming out which have the flowers. There were lots of shooting stars.
These are called Showy Phlox, in the Phlox famly apparently.
This natve wild flower to Trinity county likes the wooded and rocky hillsides, They also bloom in May.
Lastly we have Mountain Larkspur, which is a tall stem with lots of purple flowers. We only saw some tiny ones.
If you drive Interstate 5 north of Scaramento you may want to stop in Woodland at Costco, Starbucks, In and Our, or numerous other stores. Just off 5 you will find a shopping mall, that has a variety of stores, restaurants, and even gas. I like to stop for gas at Costco, and get a coffee for the long drive back. Also if I have any cookie supplies to get, I can hop over to Michael’s which is there also.
The sculptures are just as you enter the first shopping entrance, on the right side, at the Mod Pizza. They are Gigantic! I love the silver horse, and the cowboy is impressive also. I cannot find the artists name at the moment. Leave me a comment if you know of their work! These pieces are beautiful!
Get ready for summer everyone! Number one destination for many people that I know in the summer is Lake Tahoe. World wide Tahoe is known for it’s vast amount of snow, and snow sports, but summer is just as much fun as the winter on and around Lake Tahoe. You can hike to the peaks of various mountains! I myself have hiked Mt. Rose and many areas near Tahoe Donner. There is river rafting and tubing on the Truckee river. The Shakespeare Festival near the east shore on the Nevada side, at Sand Harbor is another great event.
My family has visited all sides of lake Tahoe! We found Rustic Cottages because they had more than just a room for everyone. We can have a cabin or two, and also rent the smaller cabins, so that each family within the family has their own cabin. We all join in the breakfast cabin in the a.m and have our lunches and meals at the cabin that our family rented. It’s a fabulous time, and we have our own little retreats also, while on a family vacation.
Rustic Cottages on Lake Tahoe, at Tahoe Vista, is a great place to escape, and enjoy the mountains of the Tahoe region, and Placer counties, and other counties. Rustic Cottages, is in Tahoe Vista, on the California side. It’s just a short ways from Incline Village, which is on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
The cottages are cute, and self sufficient, and the cabins are great with hot tubs out side on the decks. With each cabin or cottage rental, you get your own mug to take home too, which is a pretty neat souvenir.
