Wheel of the Year

Happy Belated Beltane!

Sorry this is so late. I think the sun has addled my poor northwestern brain.

Columbia Gorge, view from Catherine Creek
Columbia Gorge, view from Catherine Creek

This year Craig and I ventured into the Columbia Gorge with a few friends to celebrate The May. We toasted summer in with libations of wine and a lovely lunch, but we were also there to stalk the wild and wonderful Lewisia rediviva.

Lewisia rediviva, Wikimedia commons
Lewisia rediviva, Wikimedia commons

And we did indeed find it. More abundant than we’d ever seen it before.

One of the many Lewisia rediviva at Catherine Creek
One of the many Lewisia rediviva at Catherine Creek

I love this flower because it is so exquisitely beautiful and so ephemeral and so impossible. It blooms out of the basalt bones of the gorge, opens its pink petals to the sun for a few short days, and disappears. Amazing.

Lewisia buds, Catherine Creek
Lewisia buds, Catherine Creek

 

 

One thought on “Happy Belated Beltane!

  1. Blessings on you for knowing when to be there to behold this beauty unfolding and to post it for us all to share. Many blessings to you for this generosity and for this deep love of beauty which we share.

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