Wildflowers

These incredible lupines were down on Division creek south of Big Pine, CA.

If it wasn't for a neighbor I would never have found this glorious spot. We drove down the other day and went west on Black Rock Springs road and then turned onto a dirt road heading up Division creek past an old hydro-electric plant built in 1908. The lupines follow a dry creek bed up the mountain forming a ribbon of blue and purple. Beautiful banks of lupine

undulating in the wind (which got to be quite strong that day) the fragrance intoxicating! Interspersed between white granite boulders and other flowering bushes there were bright red splashes of color from Indian Paintbrush, large pink thistles with multiple flowers on large 3' stems, and any number of other wildflowers that I do not know. On the hillsides above there were wide bands of pink bushes, carpets of yellow and in one instance a lone pine tree surrounded by a large carpet of lupine. It was a dramatic picture.

Near the top I looked out on the valley far below...tiny cars and trucks heading north and south on 395. As the drivers speed by do they even notice the colors, the clouds, the birds flying over head? Oh what they are missing. I felt blessed to have found this beautiful spot.

Beauty is everywhere if you take the time to look and it is so nurturing and nourishing to your soul. No matter where you are you can find a special place. I guarantee you will feel recharged and renewed...I did. Stop to smell the flowers.