The Coy Pond

A sea of Indian Paintbrush.

I love Columbine. It reminds me of a very graceful ballet dancer.

These were from the same play castle park up in Mammoth. I thought thery were very happy and bright, kind of like sunflowers.

This was a field outside of a hotel in Mammoth. They looked like wildflowers, until I saw a sprinkler. (Wildflowers with a little help?)

One of the reasons I love visiting the Sierras in July is wildflowers. The seasons in the high sierra are a bit behind our seasons so July is like April here (or April in a place that has a lot of flowers). The flowers were just bursting especially up in little lakes valley. I found quite a few up in Mammoth too. Most of the flowers are wildflowers, though as mentioned above;  I found one field of flowers outside of a hotel in Mammoth that didn’t look cultivated, but it was given a little extra water. I am a big fan of wildflowers and try to photograph them wherever I can find them. Anyway hope you enjoy.

I love walking up and down this hill

Let me calculate the angle of descent...I think the slope is 7 degrees.

I think I will get really close to the camera and attack it.

The playground has a rock garden too. I love rocks.

Here is my castle. Would you like to see it?

Do I have to lead you by the nose? Come on in!

 A few weeks ago on our trip to Bishop, we took a side trip up to Mammoth. Christy wanted a creative morning so I dropped her off with her accoutrements (folding chair, bug spray, snacks, and painting supplies) up at Lake Mary (up above Mammoth) so she could paint. And paint she did creating a materpiece. She will have to post about that in a different post. While she was soaking up some creative energy I took the boy down to Mammoth in search of a playground/park. And I found one with one of those modern art/new age castles for the kids to play in (or possibly for a philosopher to come up with some deep thoughts… the view was enough to inspire some).  Jarrod played in the playground for about an hour before getting bored, and then tried playing in the castles and running up/down the hill. It is amazing that Jarrod can be entertained with walking up and down a hill for so long. Anyway while he was having fun, I snapped a few pics of him. Hope you enjoy.