Lewisia tweedyi

My newly updated Drupal blog is up and running. I may, someday, go back to my old Movable Type site. I had to give up on Movable Type after getting too frustrated with the upgrade process. Every time I tried to update to a newer version the whole blog ended up getting destroyed. Drupal is much smoother in that regard although, it does seem to be a little more clunky & kludgy than MT.

The good news about all of this is that I can start posting images again. For anyone that looks at the blog with any frequency you will have noticed no posts since June 2008. I have tons of backlogged images to post so will do my best to get them done.

This is the first 'new' post for the Drupal Blog.

I Found this flower on the Tronson Ridge trail near Blewitt Pass Washington. It's a very rare Lewisia that is only found in this area of washington. The creamy apricot/pink flowers are very large. They seem to grow in loose rocky soil that is partially shaded but warmed by the heat transferred from the rocks. I see lots of people trying to sell them at plant shows but now that I've seen the real thing I can see that those plant vendors are selling fakes.

Img Date = 06/28/2008
Camera = Canon 40D
Lens = Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro
Shutter = 1/100 second
Aperture = f/4
Focal Length = 100mm
Exp Comp = +0 ev
Flash = off
ISO = 100