It’s been a wonderful three plus weeks (yes, you’ll hear all about it) and now I’m back in northern Illinois. I’ve missed you!! Hopefully all of you have been doing well while I was taking my Wyoming break. I’ve seen some of you in Instagram when I could get the internet, but now I’ll be able to catch up with what’s going on in your lives and on your blogs.
All to ooften in the last years, August in the Bighorn Mountains has been quite dry, but this year there was plenty of moisture, which meant that wildflowers still abounded. Here’s a cluster that caught my eye and my phone lens while on an afternoon hike on sunny day.
This, that and the other thing 
Welcome back J. Your absence did not impact MB’s prolific production line – you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear. Copious high caliber posts from MB await your oohs & aahs & OMGs. Aahalan wa Sahalan (you are welcome – in Arabic). Don’t mention J!
Bonjour, MB. Good to hear from you. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when I say “catching up with all of you”, I refer to starting from today. If I tried to cover the three weeks just past, non-blogging life would have to come to a stop. I’m glad my absence didn’t adversely effect you blog posts. I WAS a bit worried about that. 🙂
janet
Welcome back, Janet! Beautiful flowers,, and looking forward to plenty more images 😊
Thanks, Sue. Yes, there will be more images and then I’ll have to go back to finish up by trip to France and then… 🙂 Hope you’re doing well.
I’m fine, thanks!
Glad to read that.
Wildflowers make me smile! Thanks for the joy!
Entirely my pleasure, Gina. They brought me joy every day and I was thankful for the rain that kept them around for so long.
janet
🙂
There’s nothing like an organic bouquet in the grass. Nice find! 🙂
Tempting as it was to pick some of these, I just enjoyed them au natural each day, Joey. 🙂
janet
I’d do the same 🙂
I always love wild flowers, clashing colours which go perfectly well hand in hand! Glad you had such a great trip. x
You’re exactly right, Susan. The usual color schemes don’t seem to apply to wildflowers, which are wild in their proximity and beauty. 🙂
janet
What a gorgeous bouquet nature put together for you! Welcome back!
Thanks, Deborah. God’s beautiful work was truly on display the entire time and I enjoyed every minute of it. I was also glad to get home and find my perennial garden, new this spring, to be flourishing. 🙂
janet
Lovely and lively.
Thanks, Sally, and happy Friday. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Have you been to Longwood Gardens recently? I bet that’s lovely, too.
janet
Those colors! Lovely, lovely.
We’re off to Colorado mid-September. Craving that crisp mountain air, the solitude and the grandeur of nature.
Looking forward to your Wyoming snaps! 🙂
Have a blast in Colorado! I worked for several years in Steamboat Springs right after college and then went to grad school in Greeley, as well as skied there during college, so it has a special place in my heart.
janet
Just beautiful!
Thanks very much, Anne. They certainly gladdened my heart.
janet
Welcome back, Janet! We’re looking forward to everything you have to share from your trip!
Thanks. It’s good to have a place I love to go and good to have a place and person I love to come back to. 😉
All beautiful! I am amazed at the variety you have captured in a single frame.
That’s what caught my attention, too, Mahdu.
janet
Beautiful. Welcome back.
Deb and i just got back from seeing the eclipsenear Columbia, SC and then visiting Savannah.
Glad your 3 weeks away was good.
Randy
Then welcome back to you two, too, Randy. I “saw” the eclipse in the Badlands, but that’s some posts away. 🙂
janet
A belated welcome back. Such beautiful flowers; they lift my heart.
Thanks for both, Su. 🙂
janet
Such a lovely bunch this is, Janet 🙂
I thought so, Hammad. I hope your week is off to a wonderful start.
I do look forward to a good week 🙂
Wildflowers , Mother Nature’s artistic creations ! 🙂
I love flowers, period, but wildflowers are special.
janet