The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is a centuries old trek across northern Spain done by following "The Camino de Santiago", the road to Santiago. Before February of 2001 I had not heard of "The Camino" nor of the Pilgrimage. By the end of October of that year I was in Santiago after completing the walk myself. I thought that when I reached Santiago my journey was over but I see now that my journey started way before I got to Spain and still has not ended.
Friday, July 29, 2016
All Flowers Keep The Light
Other wildflowers we saw up in the mountains a few weeks ago
Wild Roses
Blue Lupine
Scarlet Gilia
I don't know what these are called but I see them all the time.
Arnica
Another unknown; planted on the grounds of the Grand Lake Lodge.
Lupins actually seem to grow bigger in the wild....the most wonderful I've ever seen was approaching Lake Tekapo in the Southern Alps, New Zealand....as they're originally Alpine plants perhaps they like the mountain air?
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The bottom one is what I'd know as a lupin - the garden cultivated version - over here.
This thing was huge, at least four foot high and two feet wide. Do they grow that big?
Yes! You have to dehead them before they set seed to keep them flowering though. The slugs and snails love them, sadly.
We plan on going back to the Grand Lake Lodge in about a month and I hope it is still blooming then. I think it is so beautiful.
Lupins actually seem to grow bigger in the wild....the most wonderful I've ever seen was approaching Lake Tekapo in the Southern Alps, New Zealand....as they're originally Alpine plants perhaps they like the mountain air?
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