These Chocolate Lilies were growing at Wynn Nature Center in Homer, Alaska. I've always considered them rare, as I only know one place in California that they grow. They seem to be less rare in Alaska, but even so they only show up now and again.
Waiting for the shuttle for the airport, I noticed a whole garden of peonies. I pulled my camera out of my luggage to make a few shots. These flowers were very large, maybe 5 to 6 inches across, and just beautiful
Based on early childhood memories of visiting the spirit houses, we looked up the town of Eklutna, north of Anchorage. The old Russian Orthodox church is there, with the graveyard of spirit houses to visit.
