Wildflowers on a Country Road in the Palouse Region of Washington

[Bo Zarts]

The yellow in the distance is canola; the green is wheat.
© 2023 Bo Zarts Studio

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Nice work, my dear Bo! Beautiful countryside. Thank you! ♥ nt

[chia]

2. Gorgeous!

[masmdu]

3. Purrr-D!

[badhair77]

4. Really nice.

The flowers and the fertile valley of greens. So much we cannot take for granted.

[Chicagogrl1]

5. Just Gorgeous!!!

[TdeV]

6. Lovely!

[crickets]

7. Beautiful! nt

[grantcart]

8. Notice how the hills of the Palouse have the shape of majestic waves.

They were created by the destruction of a major ice damn more than 20,000 years ago. The mammoth reservoir behind the dam may have been the largest fresh water lake on earth, and it came crashing down creating two big lakes in N Idaho and as it slowed somewhat created the waves of the Palouse in E Washington which is also the home of Father's Day.

[Deuxcents]

12. Interesting. I'd love to get up there and see this beautiful country

[Bo Zarts]

18. Thanks!

I have been asked what formed the rolling hills of the Palouse. Now I can answer!

[grantcart]

26. It was first postulated in 1922 by Harlen Bretz

Ridiculed initially Bretz coined the term Channeled Scalabands which was argued for 40 years and then adopted.

It has been calculated that the floods created a flow rate of 10 times the flow of all current rivers combined

Originally Braetz called them "the Spokane Floods" they are now generally called "The Missoula Floods" and sometimes called the Braetz floods.

Wikipedia has a great article under "Missoula Floods".

[Traildogbob]

9. Wow

Why is this not in the competition for spring photos. This is a winner.

[irisblue]

10. Wowsa dang

[lucca18]

11. Love this!😍

Beautiful ❤️

[AllaN01Bear]

13. wow!!!

[Hekate]

14. Oh! I want to be there! 💖

[3catwoman3]

15. Outstanding!

The wildflowers look like they’ve been painted by Monet.

[relayerbob]

16. I loved living in the Palouse

Beautiful countryside, clean and peaceful

[grantcart]

27. Have you ever been to Steptoe Butte?

Magnificent

[niyad]

17. So dreamy and peaceful.

[wendyb-NC]

19. That is a breathtaking picture

The simple, quiet beauty of the fields, flowers, trees and dirt road, under a marbled sky. The colors are vibrant and soft and take you to a peaceful living place. Thank you for sharing your work.

[MadLinguist]

20. And the blue in the foreground is Bacehlor's Button, I think

Such a great wildflower, Bachelor's Button is. Thanks for sharing this photo. It's truly uplifting

[yonder]

21. The Palouse is stunning. More so when in bloom.

Visiting our kids at the U of I in Moscow was always a treat, especially when taking county roads.

[yardwork]

22. Incredibly beautiful photo!

Do you happen to know which wildflowers they are? I'm on the east coast and don't recognize them.

Really spectacular photo.

[gopiscrap]

23. I love this

I spent 4 years and two summers at WSU and ran around all over the Palouse. Also was a worship leader at a couple of tiny Lutheran Churches in the area

[Qutzupalotl]

24. Beautiful. Looks like a painting.

Great shot, Bo!

[mommymarine2003]

25. Go Cougs! We lived many years in Pullman.

My husband and I are WSU graduates, and our 3 kids were all born in Pullman. The Palouse is a unique and beautiful area.

[wryter2000]

28. Is the purple lupine?

Fabulous picture

[druidity33]

31. Looks like chicory to me...more bluish. nt.

[2naSalit]

35. Lupine?

I recall there was quite a bit of that out there.

[druidity33]

38. not usually a roadside flower...

chicory (or cornflower, if you like its common name) is a waste-ground plant. Lupine likes rich soil in fields. It's a delightful nitrogen fixer that's actually kinda hard to grow in shitty soil.

[2naSalit]

40. I could go eith that...

Right now we have penstamon around here but I don't recall seeing it at that elevation. I was thinking chicory too but I wasn't sure I saw that around there but it's quite possible as chicory grows in a lot of places in Idaho.

[Botany]

34. Not luplne

I would guess it is corn flower.

[Botany]

29. Nice image

n/t

[FrankTC]

30. Immensely Inviting

It pulls you in, toward the rolling rhythm of the hills and clouds. Lovely. Peaceful and lively at the same time.

[greblach]

32. Go Cougs!

There is a reason why it is commonly referred to as "God's country"...

[RussellCattle]

33. Mr. Zarts - Was this taken yesterday, Sunday the 18th? We went for a Sunday drive south of.....

....Spokane yesterday and the sky looked just like your photo. Love the Palouse. Came here in 1975 to go to school in Moscow, ID and never left.

[chwaliszewski]

36. My wife and I visited Palouse Falls a few years ago...beautiful area.

Oh, and she's a VanCoug!

[Hope22]

37. So very beautiful! N/t 💙💙💙💙

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

39. Wonderful work!