Coal Creek Open Space Preserve

Coal Creek Open Space Preserve


Here are some pics from a visit to Coal Creek Open Space Preserve on Monday.


We start out on a trail called Crazy Pete's Road.  (There really was a Crazy Pete back in the day, and he really was crazy.)





A lupine blue butterfly rests for a moment.





Forget-me-nots; starflower; yarrow.









A checkerspot butterfly visits some yarrow.







Fernald's iris.





Plantago plantain, as opposed to Musa plantain.





A clump of mystery fur on the trail.





Some flowers have gone to floof already.





Thimbleberry blossom.





A colorful madrone leaf.




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