Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Hinterlauterbrunnental Flora

I am not a flower person. I can recognize only three alpine flowers: rhododendron, blue gentian (if it's blue), and edelweiss (which causes me to start humming tunes from The Sound of Music.) They're pretty much all in bloom now, mid-summer, even the rhodos in the higher elevations. They starred in our upper Lauterbrunnen hike, that is, until the myrtilles appeared. Here are a few...




































































































































































OK, Fireweed makes four

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