A photo of a summertime view over alpine meadows of bright wildflowers and small alpine forest trees, with the iconic cone shaped Cascade mountain volcano, Mount Hood nearby in the background. The wildflowers are in the foreground with purple lupines being the most abundant. Some splashes of red paint brush poking up, and a little white heather. Most of the scene almost 3/4 of the way up the image is slanted downhill from upper left to lower right. Above the wildflower meadow is a huge grey boulder that boarders a forest of small alpine evergreen trees, with some grey ones that have died behind them, then another darker green stand of forest under a more distant rocky high ridgeline. Beyond and above the ridgeline are the high flanks and peak of Mount Hood, with it's white glacier fields and rough rocky outcrops of subtle grey/browns, and dull reds between. The sky above is a brilliant blue, with only a few hazy clouds close to the lower right of the mountain.

I *need* a spot of color today!
We're deep in a trough of wet, and solidly cloudy weather here. So here's a #scape & #ForestFriday image with alpine wildflowers on #MountHood, #Oregon!
#Hiking #Nature #Forest #Alpine #flower #📷 #Glacier #McNeilPoint
#Lupine #PaintBrush #PDX #ECK #landscape