Alpine Wildlife



 We have been so pleased to see many new varieties of flowers and creatures here in the alps. All of us can spend ages looking at the stripes on the back of a beetle or the patterns in a petal. But I'm always the one holding the family up on our treks by taking a myriad of photos of the exquisite things. Maybe some of you might enjoy them too.











This one was like a flower version of a berry. It was quite tall and had wonderfully glossy petals.
This plant here was the only one I spotted on the whole mountain. Maybe it's a bit more rare.


Isn't this one cute! It looks like something out of Dr Seuss.

A mountain Lily!

This one is funny too. It looks like a carefully woven basket.
I think it is the flower itself, although it could be the seed pod.

Poppies! Icelandic?

Lots of different varieties of daisies.

A type of yarrow




These have got to be my favourite I think.










The following pictures of insect and the lizard were taken on our first day in the alps, close to the border of Italy. It looked like a place that got plenty of rain and warmth so the wildlife was bursting at the seams. This was the place where we visited those ruins of the lake-that-is-no-more where there is evidence of people living there from before Roman times. All the creatures here were giant! We spotted some big, colourful spiders too, but didn't get a good photo sorry.







Esmae at some of the original house sites on the 'island'.
 (It used to be in the middle of the lake that is now drained.)

 






Comments

  1. Jeff24 July 2018 at 01:16

    Great to keep following the adventures guys....memories for a lifetime for you all. Remember the idro Lake watermwlon adventure Josh in North Italy. I recall it was raining rather heavy there too :o). Enjoy and take care. Lots of lI've from us.

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