July 10, 2018: The Lonely Flower

It’s not a particularly beautiful flower or for that matter a very good photograph.  But I love how this little plant is clinging to life!

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The tree stump it’s growing on is submerged because the valley it’s in (near Leadville, Colorado) was flooded by the creation of a small water reservoir.  The stump has started to decay and this little plant found enough material in which to root, grow and blossom!

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If I were a plant, I’d like to be as resilient as this little guy.

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