Fine Art Images from the American Southwest

Wildflowers Around Taos. 07-30-2025.

Greetings from San Cristobal, NM! This week, the neighborhood is bursting with wildflowers. I took an early morning hike with the dogs today. It was still quite cool, and the signs of incoming weather prompted us to keep it short, a 4.5-mile round trip on the Columbine Canyon Trail. The wildflowers are in full bloom and looking beautiful, although the dogs seemed a bit impatient, frequently giving me looks that seemed to ask, “Are we stopping again?” We turned around and started heading back down the trail, chatting and interacting with other hikers along the way. Although it’s mostly uphill and the climb is moderate, the descent is much quicker. I need to train the dogs to slow me down on the way down; their pulling was very helpful on the way up!

Columbine along the creek
Columbine along the creek.
Columbine and other plants
Columbine, Fireweed and other plants.

Mexican Hat flowers everywhere, especially along highways and meadows at 10,000 ft.

Mexican hat flowers everywhere
Mexican Hat flowers.
Mexican hat flowers everywhere
Mexican Hat flowers in our field, San Cristobal.
Shooting stars in the high country.
Shooting Stars in the high country.
Wild Columbine, Italianos trail, Hondo Canyon.
Wild Columbine, Italianos trail, Hondo Canyon.

Showy Locoweed. Details on this plant, as pretty as it is.

Showy Locoweed
Showy Locoweed.
Indian Paintbrush in the Valle Vidal
Indian Paintbrush in the Valle Vidal, Valley of Life.

I think this hummingbird is in amongst Rocky Mountain Penstemon growing wild in the Moreno Valley, NM.

Hummingbird in the Moreno Valley, NM
Hummingbird in the Moreno Valley, NM

My friend David Marks on the trail a few years ago in Taos Ski Valley. Check out his website for some superb wildlife and his journey in phoytography.

Photographing wildflowers in the creek at Taos Ski Valley
Photographing wildflowers in the creek at Taos Ski Valley.

Next month the sunflowers wildflowers of the valley will be showing up along the roadsides. I hope I get to see them this year before the road crews mow them down.

Here’s the print of the week, I call it Sunflower Shower.

Sunflower Sun Shower
Sunflower Shower.

As always, thanks for looking. I think my comments section is working again. So if you’re inclined to comment, I look forward to hearing from you. Have a great week. G

18 thoughts on “Wildflowers Around Taos. 07-30-2025.”

  1. So glad the comments section is working. I need to tell you what a lift your images are – a weekly ray of hope in the midst of whatever else is happening. Not to mention inspiration and lessons in composition for others of us who rarely leave home without a camera.

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    • Hi Patricia. Thank you kindly for your compliments. It means a lot to me. It’s good to hear from you. I hope you are well and enjoying life. I see your pictures on FB and you always surprise me with your subjects and compositions. Best wishes and thanks again. G

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  2. So beautiful, Geraint! My troublesome knee has kept me from getting up to the High Country to see all the gorgeous flowers, so these photos really help. Thanks. I love the drop of water on the sunflower.

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    • Hi Jo. Sorry to hear about your knee. Don’t let it stop you. I shot a couple of these images out the car window 😁. I appreciate your compliments. G

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  3. hi geraint, i love the indian paintbrush! love that red, a touch of it always adds so much to a canvas! it’s my husband’s bday today and i showed him and he knew the name. i had already forgotten :). thanks for sharing your work and spreading a bit of taos to the world. alexis and adam in lafayette, co. 🙂

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    • Hi Alexis. Thank you so much. I really appreciate you taking the time to write and your compliments. Indian Paintbrush is on of my favorite wildflowers. Happy birthday to Adam and thank you again. G

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