Travel Tuesdays takes us today to here in Arcata, at the scenic swamp land, — er, marsh that’s between Arcata and Humboldt Bay. More or less.
The area was originally a sewage treatment plant, but a while back (20 years ago? 15?) they converted the area to a fancy waste-water treatment swamp/marsh. It is rather scenic on a sunny day, particularly since there were more flowers than I’d expected.
Below are a few photos I took a couple of weeks ago. See what you think.
Purple marsh flowers, Arcata, CA
More purple marsh flowers, Arcata, CA
“Snowflake” flower, Arcata, CA
Marsh Flower, Arcata, CA
Sunlight sparkle #1, Arcata, CA
Sunlight sparkle #2, Arcata, CA
Sunlight sparkle #3, Arcata, CA
Hint of red on a white marsh flower
The third one down is Queen Anne’s Lace, isn’t it? In July, I saw that all over the roadsides near Sonoma. It was a favorite of mine when I was a child (in VA). I’ve been as much entertained as pleased to see it become a highfalutin’ florists’ darling a few years back.
I like all of your thistle pictures and I like your prim picture of the Queen Ann’s Lace in all of its delicacy. Now I can hardly wait to see what you see in Australia. Can you put your pictures on line from there or shall we wait until you get back to the U.S.?
Stan