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rozoneill: Oxeye daisies populated the grassy banks and slopes surrounding the pond
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rozoneill: Blackberry blossoms kept the bees busy
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rozoneill: Queen Anne's lace flower head as seen close up
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rozoneill: Thick patches of vetch purpled up the trail
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rozoneill: Clouds form and reform over Ford's Pond
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rozoneill: Looking across to the south end of the pond
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rozoneill: The elegance and grace of a wild rose
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rozoneill: Wild rose, times two
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rozoneill: A herd of oxeye daisy blooms en masse
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rozoneill: A bee harvests a blackberry blossom
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rozoneill: A patch of vetch blooms next to the trail
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rozoneill: Wildflowers were in bloom all around Ford's Pond today
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rozoneill: Knapweed seed head weevils spotted on a spotted knapweed, coincidentally enough
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rozoneill: A globular head of Queen Anne's lace
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rozoneill: Oxeye daisy has taken over this particular patch of land
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rozoneill: Picturesque hiking trail underneath the power line
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rozoneill: Ford's Pond as the trail gained some elevation
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rozoneill: Elegant brodiaea, looking elegant as always
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rozoneill: Dandelions and other assorted agoserises are already going to seed
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rozoneill: White hyacinth bloomed in the grasses
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rozoneill: A wasp and spider face off over whose flower this is
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rozoneill: We hiked on Rosa Ridge, a broad grassy and wooded ridge
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rozoneill: Stately oaks populated the ridge crest
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rozoneill: A nice view of the farmlands surrounding the pond
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rozoneill: An agoseris of some sort provides some bright yellowing of the hike
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rozoneill: Darn spottted knapweed flower wouldn't stay still in the breeze
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rozoneill: Spotted knapweed in its floral glory
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rozoneill: "The Color Purple", starring Wooly Vetch
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rozoneill: This turtle, found on the trail, just wishes I would go away
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rozoneill: The Word of the Day is "florescence"