Flower Power

I have said it before and I will say it again - nature is amazing. I mean, just look at this color palate. Seriously. While on a hike this weekend MCB & I ran into this wonderful plant/flower. I have no idea what it is, but it is like 2 feet tall with all of these amazing flowers all up and down. I had to stop, despite a pending downpour, to marvel at the colors - blues, creams, greens. This image cannot possibly do it justice.
Anyway, I know, random thought for the day but mother nature has one heck of an eye for colors.

Likin' Lichen

Summer is finally here in the mountains! This girl couldn't be happier. So beyond sitting in the sunshine, riding my bike, and wearing flip flops - I have been hiking. As in lots. And I love that every time I hike, I am inspired. By the beautiful babbling brooks, the yellow-green budding aspen leaves, the warm glow of the sun setting on the mountains. And also lichen. I love me some lichen. Look at the colors! Isn't nature amazing? The variations of greens mixing with the lovely gray shade of the stone. The orange accent on other rocks. All of it - astounding. So, let your nature freak flag fly - what inspires you most when you are out there in the big wide world?

OK - my ode to mother nature is over. Soon - more "design" type of posts to come. New gallery wall hung in my house. Photos to come!