Balance, Cont'd: Wildflowers & IRS

[mlerules]

Went on a lovely wildflower hike w/delerium3 today. We didn't walk the entire Tom McCall Point/Nature Preserve" trail, as I had to return for an appointment w/my tax preparer re: a confusing letter from the IRS in yesterday's mail. 'Twas a glorious day for hiking (mid-70s w/a nice breeze). We saw loads of fab wildflowers (lupine & arrowbalsamroot galore, w/a decent selection of Indian Paintbrush & yarrow, a smattering bonus Bachelor Buttons, and plenty of mystery pea-fambily plants).

After my meeting, I spent 1.5+ hours on the phone w/the IRS and now know what to do 'bout the letter 'n' issue. (Nothing too worrisome, thank goodness, just some annoying i-dotting and t-x-ing to take care of, which I'll do next.) Luckily this came up when I was home, rather than away for 2+ weeks, since the deadline for dealing w/the issue is 20 days from the date of the letter. Phew for good timing!

I'm still sorting through today's photos, but here's a teaser preview from the set that'll end up on Flickr before long (and HERE'S THE LINK TO THE PICS!):

Comments

[stacymckenna.livejournal.com]

Looks like your bees must be happier than our bees! Our hills are pretty DONE already. It's kinda sad.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

We saw quite a few bees. This'll last another week or so, possibly longer, depending on weather.

[evilgerbil.livejournal.com]

Now that's what I call wildflowers. We didn't have too many with 4" or so of rain, but then again the ones here in CA don't really compare to the bounty in OR in a good year.

[mlerules.livejournal.com]

I have seen some damn fine desert wildflowers in SoCal (Red Rocks - http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=631), although it's not gonna be particulaly good this year given your uber-sparse rainfall.