We have been away for several days to see our handicapped son. We left rather suddenly and without planning on being gone. My apologies for the delay in returning comments. I'll catch everyone up in the course of the day today.

On July 13th, as part of a longer trip, we made a few hours' stop in Derby Canyon, east of Peshastin, Washington. We went to see these Lady's Slippers in bloom, but found a lot of other wildflowers blooming as well.

The Mountain Lady's Slipper, Cypripedium montanum (montanum means "from the mountains") is the largest flowered and most elegant, though not the showiest, of our native Lady's Slippers, growing to three feet tall with six inch flowers.

This photo was the best of the day, but was not taken by me. It is my wife's photo. Since it is her birthday today it is all the more fitting that I post one of her pictures instead of one of my own. Happy Birthday, dear!

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