Pampas Grass

Scientific name, Cortsderia Selloana

Just A Weed

Pretty flowers and doesn't need to be watered. 

Wisteria?

I was surprised to see this tree while out for a walk. I didn't know that wisteria could live here, if that is what it is.
Update...I did a google search and I think this might be a Golden Chain Tree.

Prickly Pear Cactus

Alien Brain?

Or giant mushroom?
While taking a hike in the country with friends in Colorado, they showed us these giant mushrooms. They were bigger than any I had ever seen. I don't know what kind of mushroom it is so we didn't bring them home for lunch.

Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for the Obligate Hemiparasitic plants which attach themselves to a tree or shrub and feed off of the host plant. If it gets big enough it can kill the tree. Therefore mistletoe is a parasitic plant.

This bunch of mistletoe is growing in a small tree at Lynx Lake. The tree doesn't look like it's doing well.

Rain Brings Big Mushrooms

I don't know what kind it is so I didn't touch it. 

"Take only pictures, leave only footprints."

Fun With Photoshop

By combining two pictures together with Photoshop, you can create a whole new picture with a completely different feel to it. That is what I did with the two photos below.

 It's fun to see what kinds of things you can create.

The Berries

Happy New Year 

Everyone stay safe tonight!

Way Out West

Mushrooms

I don't know what kind of mushrooms these are so I left them out in the forest where I found them. 

You can't tell from the picture but they were huge!