The abundance and the beauty of the wildflowers in mid summer made our drive up into the mountains outside of Aspen a pleasure.  We saw red poppies, blue lupine, white daisies, and lots of thistles.

The views from the mountain side were glorious.

This blue flower was blooming everywhere but I never did get its name.

Our native blue lupines are a favorite of mine.

Red poppies and white daisies blooming together.

What a difference flowers make in beautifying a city street.  Aspen shop owners and city planners have created a town where strolling or sitting on a bench is a pleasant and uplifting experience. Globes of flowers hang from street lamps, clusters of containers are grouped on street corners and storefronts display window boxes. Wouldn’t it be a wonderful country if every village, city or town added flowers to their streets?