Tuesday, April 26, 2011

River Road

River Road Oliver

New Willow Leaves

Ponderosa Pine Grassland Slope with Arrow-Leaved Balsam Root Flowers ( and foreground Mahonia bush)
Bank Holiday Monday we explored a new road in Oliver, winding around Seacrest mountain, by Okanagan River, just like a little English country lane. The yellows of the fresh new Willow leaves and catkins, and the massed Balsam Root flowers, dominated the landscape of Ponderosa Pine Grassland. Funny name for a mountain, I suppose it looks like a cresting wave, but there is no sea for five hundred kilometers....
Oh by the way, the boys threw buckets of water over the girls yesterday in Slovakia too...

4 comments:

Desiree said...

I love willow trees. They are so graceful!
Those girls should turn the tide next year and pour buckets of water on the boys!

jennyfreckles said...

You've been busy while I've been not managing to keep up with everyone's blogs. Love the colour of those willows - they're bright here too. And I'm impressed by your bikes.

H said...

Sacristan and I have been out walking today. A grey day (pain after all the sunshine we've been having), but we saw lots of trees with fresh new foliage. It really does look so bright and clean at this time of the year.

Anonymous said...

Who should I contact to ask permission to use one
of these pictures?

Chris Purton