Splendor in the Grass

The Denver Post reported yesterday that "2009 has been a banner year for wildflowers." In the past three months, we've seen wildflower species that that we never even glimpsed last year. In 2008, we certainly never saw hillsides full of wildflowers, as we have this year.






This exuberant fecundity isn't limited to the plant kingdom. During yesterday's mountain hike, there was so much grasshopper hanky-panky going on that it made Jim and me act like third graders. ("Euuuw, there's another couple going at it!") Too bad all those the grassshoppers didn't appear to be enjoying themselves.