Summer 2010
Know Your Wildflowers!
Commom Linanthus, Linanthus parviflorus
- Ralph Waldo Emerson once famously wrote, “The earth laughs in flowers,” and one who knows that intimately is photographer Judy Kramer, whose close-up images capture the arresting beauty of our region’s wildflowers.
- “I celebrate the colors, the experience,” says Judy, whose book Wildflower Madness was self-published in 2009. “I love being out there, surrounded by beauty. Flowers have their own agenda. We get the side benefit of their beauty.”
- Judy and her husband, Tony, have been POST donors since 1981 and Tony a volunteer
since 1994. Judy has made her bountiful photo archive of local wildflowers available for POST use. She specializes in close-ups, which help educate novice and experienced nature lovers about the tremendous variety of flora found underfoot in every season.
- “From the freeway you might see a few poppies or lupine, but if you are content with that, you’ll never see the range of color and form found elsewhere,” she says. “If we didn’t have remote locations and preserved open spaces, we wouldn’t have many wildflowers. Thanks to POST we have many places where the full wildflower palette can be seen by those who take a close look.”
- Need help identifying a wildflower on the trail? Let Judy’s memorable images be your guide! Visit her website, www.earthwitnessphoto.com.
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