Taking Time to Smell the Flowers

From last weekend's Peninsula Century Spring Classic bike ride these native roadside gems...

Cypripedium calceolus ( Yellow Lady's Slipper Orchid)

Castillega coccinea (Indian Paintbrush)

Iris versicolor (Blue Flag Iris) 

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While some of my pals like to ride like the wind ignoring all the wonder of nature around them - sometimes it pays to slow down and take time to smell the flowers.