I paddled Pat Lake, then went for a short hike in the hills on a smoky day, taking photos along the way, a few of which are shared here.

Prickly roses had finished flowering and rose hips were now ready.

rose hips

Rabbit-brush was in bloom all across the hillsides of the area.

rabbit-brush (chrysothamnus nauseosus)

Common snowberry (symphoricarpos albus) had well developed displays in wet areas.

snowberry

White prairie asters (aster ericoides spp) flowered on dry slopes covered or surrounded by bunchgrass.

Milkweed had bloomed in early summer, but some were emerging with small flower buds in fall.

milkweed

Ponderosa pines stood on the edges of grassland hills.

Six Mile Hills

As summer is approaching an end so are most of the wildflowers….