Foxglove

Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea

Azalea Park
Brookings, Oregon

The foxglove also stir up childhood memories for me: they grew quite commonly around our rural home, and whenever I brought home a fistful of wildflowers for my mother which included foxglove, she always made sure I thoroughly washed my hands to avoid getting ill from the toxic plant juices.

Oregon Iris

Oregon Iris, Iris tenax
McVay Rock Beach
Brookings, Oregon

These delicate flowers were growing amid various grasses at the top of the bluff overlooking the beach, right at the top of the trail leading down to the sand. I also remember these growing around my childhood home, just north of town in the coastal hills.