I'd been admiring the roadside patches of farewell-to-springs (Clarkia amoena) blooming along the Navarro grade lately, but it was further south along the 1 this weekend that I found a lovely patch nicely lit with a safe pullout.
These gorgeous flowers grow in patches where the pink multitude stands out against the now-dry grass, and with their barely-visible narrow leaves, you hardly see green - just a nodding sea of pink petals. Many have darker pink blotches on each petal that can be seen from the outside and the inside, but others either don't have the pattern or have lost it.
The way the light was filling up these flowers like little cups was what inspired me to finally pull over to get some shots.
These photos were taken on July 17, somewhere between Manchester and Elk.
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