Wildflowers

The base has lots of beautiful flowers and they really are well cared for. But Heinrich has found that there are lots of wild flowers out in the countryside as well. On one of his adventures he found a lovely river valley. The trees lined the river and the flowers gave great color. And just before this picture a big fish actually jumped right in the middle of the picture.  Maybe Ryan and Luisa will want to try fishing in Germany.

 

 

Along the valley there was a whole hillside of purple and pink snapdragons and on the top of the hill were some very tall trees. It's hard to appreciate how tall the trees are unless one understands they are more than a hundred feet up the slope from Heinrich. He also found some beautiful blue bells (even though they were actually purplish-blue).

Heinrich has also found fireweed in many places. The story of fireweed is that the flowers start to bloom at the lowest level and through the summer the blooms work their way up the stem. When the last blooms at the top of the plant start to wilt snow is supposed to be just a few weeks later. These flowers are getting way too close to the top. Heinrich may need to find his coat pretty soon.