Life As We Explore

We love photographing flowers and mushrooms and I especially love spotting them in the wild. These are some of the flowers and berries we captured on our trip to Oregon (click here for full trip report). I am not sure how many of these are native to #Oregon. I got most of the flower names and hope they are correct. I will update the rest as I find them. Cotoneaster Franchetii Candy Flower, Montia Sibirica Bulbous Buttercup, Ranunculus Bulbosus Himalayan Blackberry Flower, Rub

Despite frigid winters and rugged conditions, valleys and meadows burst in color during the long summer days. Fireweed, Lupine and Yarrow are few that grow in abundance. Here are some of the blooms we captured during our Trip to Alaska. Chiming Bells, Mertensia Paniculata Alpine Chickweed, Alpine Mouse-ear, Cerastium Alpinum Sheep's Sorrel, Rumex Acetosella Sheep's Sorrel, Red Sorrel, Rumex Acetosella Maydell's Oxytrope, Oxytropis Maydelliana Capitate Valerian Meadow Bistort,

Here is a bouquet of flowers from Costa Rica. We did not click many but definitely some of the prettiest tropical flowers. I got most of the names and hope I got them right. I will update the missing names as I find them. Napoleon’s Plume, Bauhinia Monandra Brazilian Red-Cloak, Megaskepasma Erythrochlamys Coral Porterweed, Stachytarpheta Mutabilis Double Hibiscus Lavendar Porterweed, Stachytarpheta Indica Carica Papaya Glory Bush, Tibouchina Urvilleana Bamboo Orchid, Arundina

With something beautiful dispensed by nature at every corner, Oregon is a nature lover’s paradise. Home to bewitching forests, thunderous rivers, numerous waterfalls, flowers, ferocious coast and some of the most astonishing geological wonders. Truly a place to be lost in admiration, this has become one of our favorite destinations. Lavender Fields, Hood River ​We prepared a long list of things to do in Oregon. Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Gorge and Crater Lake were the three maj

Here are some of the flowers we captured in Big Island and Kauai (click here for trip report). I got most of the names and hope I got them right. I will update the missing names as I find them. Shameplant, Mimosa Pudica Ceylon Leadwort, Doctorbush, Plumbago Zeylanica White Lady, Thunbergia Fragrans Unknown Squirrel's tail, Justicia Betonica Hibiscus Koki'o Beach Naupaka, Scaevola Sericea Fruit - Beach Naupaka, Scaevola Sericea White Leadtree, Leucaena Leucocephala Hibiscus Ko

Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve displays a brilliant orange carpet of California Poppies every spring. 70 miles north of Los Angeles and 20 miles west of Lancaster, California, this reserve blooms between mid March to early May, influenced largely by the weather. California Poppy flowers - Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve We had been to the valley twice and it had been a different but wonderful experience each time. ​April 2014: We went based on wildflower forecasts on the interne