More Prairie Wildflowers

Here are a few more pictures of some prairie wildflowers our youngest daughter captures with her camera. Note some of the identifying names. Aren't they pretty? 

Barbara's Buttons

Black-eyed Susan

Wild Bergamot

Not sure about the name of the flower but I really like the butterfly. Does anyone know what kind it is?

Round-fruited St John's Wort

Again, not sure. Looks like Black-Eyed Susan but it's close to the ground. . . 

Tube Beard Tongue

Yarrow

Prairie Wild Flowers

Here are a few pictures our youngest daughter captured of Prairie Wild Flowers. Identifying is sometimes difficult. If you can help me with any of these or see a mistake, please let me know. Here are a few of my favorites. 

 Sensitive Briar (Mimosa quadrivalvis)

 Pasture Rose (Rosa carolina)

Common Spiderwort (Tradescantia obiensis)

Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) 

Need help with this one.

Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron strigosus)

 Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) There were also some like this that were white.

 Guessing on this one - Prairie Larkspur (Delphinium carolinianum) or Foxglove Beard Tongue (Penstemon digitalis)

Rose Vervain (Glandularia canadensis)

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Flint Hills Wildflowers

Here are some pictures from one of our road trips into the Flint Hills. Most of these pictures were taken by our youngest daughter, who has a wonderful eye for photography. 

I'm guessing at the name of some of these, so if I'm wrong, please correct me in the comments below.

 Showy Evening Primrose

 Missouri Evening Primrose

 Showy Beard Tongue

Unknown

Flint Hills Road Trip

Here are some of my favorite pictures from Road Trips into the Flint Hills. Do you enjoy taking a day and just driving to see some country? If so, share with us in the comments below.  

 Cattle Guard Crossing

 Flint rock covers the ground

 A low water creek bed crossing 

 Low water crossing

 High Pole Gates

A roller coaster road?

Hoping to see some wild horses near Teter Rock.

Always remember--pack a spare tire, water, your camera, and a map.

Drive into the Flint Hills

Every time I have the chance to visit the Flint Hills, I try to turn off on a side road to take some pictures.

On my latest trip to Chase County, I managed to get some beautiful shots of the wildflowers. Enjoy!

Purple Coneflower

Showy Evening Primrose

Butterfly Milkweed

Cattle Pens

Water Crossing

Open Range ~ Kansas Flint Hills

Here are the final photos I wanted to share with you from our May road trip to the Flint Hills. These were taken on back roads between Clements and Matfield Green. 

 I loved this sign. We decided not to travel that road--but only because of time constraints...

 

 Sun, Shadow, and Winding Roads

A Working Windmill - Storm Brewing

High Pole Gate

Open Range

Cattle on Open Range

More Sun and Shadow on the Prairie

Beautiful Scenery ~ God's Country

Clements Stone Arch Bridge

Here are some more photos from our May road trip to the Kansas Flint Hills. This time I wanted to share with you some photos we took at the Clements Stone Arch Bridge site. 

This is a place I'd heard about for years but had never visited. It's a gorgeous stone bridge and easy to find, just off Highway US 50, 1/2 mile south of Clements. 

Built from locally quarried stone, the Clements Bridge over the Cottonwood River has double 28' arches. 

The bridge is no longer passable, but you are welcome to walk over it. It was built in 1888 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.