mid-July

Wildflowers did not do well in the heat.  Many bloomed early and went to seed quickly.  I took the photo of Paintbrush and Lousewort growing in the shade of a Fir tree up on Lupine Meadows trail.  The Harebells were growing near Yellowstone Lake.
        Smoke covering the mountains is persistent.  Sometimes I can smell smoke, sometimes not.  This week has seen a change in the weather pattern, afternoon thunderstorms.  While the rain is welcomed,  the dry lightning started more wildfires in eastern Idaho.  Hwy 93 was closed for quite a long time.