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Sunday, July 15, 2018

Serene Scenery Sunday

Hello, everyone!  It's me, Cammie!  Today, Maggie and I thought we'd wrap up our most recent trip to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge by sharing some of Mom's iPhone shots with you!  Mostly, it's wildflowers and landscapes ... but I'm partial to this one of me and Maggie in the driveway:

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"We're all buckled in and ready to go!"
"Yeah.  Let's get the show on the road!"

We saw lots and lots of wildflowers on our journey!  They were all so beautiful - we thought they'd be perfect for Serene Scenery Sunday!

There were fields dotted with this tiny beauty ...

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Erect Dayflower

... and long spikes of these:

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4-Point Evening Primrose

The colors were so rich and the cloud-cover and recent storms in the area made them appear super saturated!

When we got to Quivira NWR, we saw Sunflowers everywhere!

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Sunflowers lining the road into the Refuge

This flower so delicate and looks like crinkled crepe paper - but beware of those thorny stems!

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Prickly Poppy

These sunflowers have a nice view of the Big Salt Marsh:

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Sunflowers at the BSM

Even though there are no visible wildflowers in this next shot, we thought we'd include it.  This is one of the Egrets/Herons fishing holes, taken with Mom's iPhone!

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Secret Heron Hangout 

(Egrets are in the Heron family, so they share the clubhouse.)

Moving right along ...

Mom took these shots on the way out of the refuge:

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Sunflowers, another yellow wildflower, barbed wire, a dirt road ... how much more Kansas-y can you get?!?  How about if we toss some sorghum into the scene?  Look on the other side of the road:

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It was such a fun trip, but very exhausting!  I was going to suggest Maggie and I play License Plate Bingo on the way home, but we did this instead:

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"Let's just nap, Mags."
"One step ahead of you, Camzzzz...."

It was such a fun day!  We hope our photos brought you some serenity!

Cammie!

8 comments:

  1. You sure found some pretty flowers on your trip. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. the first photo is proof positive you two ladies don't have to go much farther than your front door to display beauty BUT oh how we love it when you take us on road trips
    Hugs madi and mom

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  3. We think we have that erect dayflower at the end of our driveway! Take a trip outside and see, mom! Mom loves ALL poppies! Beautiful flowers, girls!

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  4. That dayflower especially was so pretty. And you ladies looked so comfy on your car seat.

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  5. Lots of great photos from the iPhone, but we have to admit we are quite partial to the first and the last:)

    Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber

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  6. I loves that dayflower! Does it hide at night?

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  7. What lovely pictures of the beautiful wildflowers...we love them! Such a fun adventure for everyone!

    Kiki and Nala

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  8. Very beautiful wildflowers!! and beautiful girls too!
    hugs
    Hazel & Mabel

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