Angel Fire Wildfires

 

 

Angel Fire Wildflowers

In the campground where we stayed in Angel Fire, NM, there is a walking path that had some lovely wildflowers blooming while we were there.  I’ve done my best to identify them using my Wildflower book, but forgive me if I’ve gotten some wrong…

It was interesting to see a couple of variations on a theme, so to speak for these blooms.  They are called Common Horseweed and are members of the Aster family.  The color in the middle of the bloom was the same color, but the outer petals are clearly very different colors! 

There were quite a few poppies around on our walk.  They tend to grow tall, and I find them such vibrantly happy blooms.  They generally make me smile just by looking at them!

We have yellow Columbine blooms at home, but this was the first time I saw some that were purple in color!  They certainly added a different touch to the flower bed!

This pretty little bloom was always found in a cluster of flowers.  I believe the name of them is Dakota Vervain, and although the individual blooms were small, when they were clustered together, they did create a lovely burst of color in the garden.

The last three flowers we found in the garden were all small and added nice touches to the garden.  The yellow bloom is called a Shrubby Cinqufoil.  It reminds me of a different flower, but I couldn’t recall its name or find it in my wildflower book.  The purple blossom is a primrose of a sort – I always feel like they seem like such shy little blooms!  The last flower – the red & white blooms that remind me of carnations, with ruffled petal edges.  However, I couldn’t find anything that looked like them in my reference book.  Maybe wild carnations?

This is the first of three flower blooms that I found to be inspirational to look at, and so I found an appropriate quote for each of them.  This bloom to be is a poppy, and yes, I think this will be a “good end”, and the beginning is very lovely, too!

A dandelion always seems so simple, but when you look at the “after bloom” when it’s going to seed, this simple bloom is very complex!  So, the simple bloom is truly a state of mind!

This fragile looking bloom really deserved the quote I found for it, and it also seemed appropriate to have it be a bit faded itself!

I hope you enjoyed this wildflower walk with us.  If you have had a hectic day, this hopefully was a chance to sit back and catch your breath.

Enjoy!