Wild Cucumber and Wild Lupine in Topanga

Wild Cucumber


Wild Lupine


First time I ever saw wild lupines was in 1989 when we (Roger, Jane, Colin and I) flew out west from Wisconsin for Roger's conference. After all bidness had passed we drove up into the Sierras and had a couple of nights in King's Canyon. It was there I saw this beautiful flower for the first time. Before that, I'd only ever seen them all neat and tidy in cultivated gardens. I've never seen an untamed cucumber, though. Guess this is what happens to 'em when you don't keep them under control.