Today Steve and I went on a hike on the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail near Jacksonville, Oregon. There were many wonderful photo ops, but this Red Bell flower is my prize of the day. This lily grows on our property but unfortunately, the only budding flower I found was eaten by a deer on the day it would have opened. Such a beauty!

The Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). The name is a combination of the Sino-Mongolian word dalai meaning "vast sea" and the Tibetan word meaning "guru, teacher, mentor". Wikipedia: Dalai Lama