Avoiding mandatory housework today, I ventured into the hills to see what I could see. I stumbled upon a flow I had never seen before, but which appears to be some species of Calochortus (Mariposa Lily) It was difficult to get a "facial" shot of these little lilies by the dusty roadside, but the last shot shows the fleshy hairs that distinguish it from other genera. I took a bunch of shots, but few ended up being in focus, including those where I held their faces up to the light. Oh, well.
Edit: Just figured it out, thanks to the internet: Calochortus amabilis "Fairy Lantern".
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They're stunning. I'm also captivated by the barbed wire curled around them. Barbed wire was invented in my home town of DeKalb, Illinois. It created fortunes there.
I remember you saying that! I guess it was a big part of the range wars, and disputes over fencing. Makes me want to watch an old western now...
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