#meadow park

[arjengelly]

I’m gonna put this out there now… I’ve been shipping them in my Non-Cursed Eda AU (that I’ll eventually write 💀)

Don’t hate me 🙀

Camila was too scared to move on after all these years but Luz assures her that it’s ok and that she has Manny’s blessing. (Luz got a chance to meet with Manny in her brief visit to the afterlife. There is nothing he wants more than for his family to be happy, even when he himself is gone.) Yet nothing could prepare Luz for the person her mother took a fancy to.

Olly Porter to Meadow Park: “Our family tree is so jacked up… I can’t tell if Luz is my cousin or my aunt at this point…!”

[maureen2musings]

Galaxy and flowers

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[michaelnordeman]

Fulufjället National Park in Dalarna, Sweden (September 14, 2020).

[rosechata]

emilie.hofferber

[orofeaiel]

Royal Lake Meadow

[expressions-of-nature]

Olympic National Park, WA by Iryna (SF Bay)

[littlepawz]

This is my field of dreams :) 

Kuju Flower Park in Japan

[mountrainiernps]

“What are the Truffula Trees called?”

It is one of the most common questions we get from kids this time of year at Mount Rainier. These fluffy, green plants that remind so many of the famous trees from Dr. Seuss’ 1971 children’s book “The Lorax” are actually the seed heads of the western pasqueflower, one of our early season blooms. While the pasqueflower doesn’t bloom for very long, its seedhead will linger all summer in meadows throughout the park, giving us all a constant reminder of the Lorax’s famous quote “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” 

If you care a whole awful lot about Mount Rainier and our meadows, please remember to stay on trail and not to pick the flowers so that we can preserve our beautiful scenery for years to come.

NPS/E. Blotz Photo of pasqueflower seedheads along the Sunrise Nature Trail, 7/25/24.

[vandaliatraveler]

Photos above are from a trip into the mountains yesterday. I managed to get out to Lindy Point in the Blackwater River Canyon before the overlook was swarmed with sightseers (top two photos). The rhododendron is blooming now - the drive in from Blackwater Falls State Park is magical this time of year. As it descends through the canyon, the Blackwater River transforms into turbulent whitewater, but just above the canyon, where it turns out of Canaan Valley (5th photo down), it's a gentle, serene stream perfect for floating. I also tried out some different trails in Yellow Creek Natural Area and Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The lowbush blueberries are ripening now - a sweet little snack to improve the hiking experience. :-)

[maureen2musings]

markian.b

[rosechata]

emilie.hofferber

[orofeaiel]

Shadow Lake

[lionfloss]

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[henk-heijmans]

Black oak, El Cap Meadow, Yosemite National Park, California, 1998 - by Bob Kolbrener (1942), American

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Along the Shores of the Brooks River (Katmai National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: I captured this image at the Lower River Platform with a view looking to the southeast with the Brooks River while observing brown bears in Katmai National Park.

[scopophilic1997]

scopOphilic_micromessaging_932 - scopOphilic1997 presents a new micro-messaging series: small, subtle, and often unintentional messages we send and receive verbally and non-verbally.