Welcome to My Photography Gallery. I'm Bruce Perrault from Yakima, Washington and I hope you get some enjoyment from these images. I enjoy hiking and photography and I try to combine these hobbies when I can. I have my favorite places to wander and take pictures and really enjoy wildflowers. With these, timing is everything, here today, gone tomorrow. Many of the wildflowers are in bloom less then a week. I grew up in the sagebrush country of Yakima County and my wanderings also took me into the high mountains, mostly in the Goat Rocks, William O Douglas and Norse Peak Wilderness areas of Central Washington State.
Other local areas I enjoy are the Cowiche Canyon and Snow Mountain Ranch near Yakima and the Sagebrush Steppe areas near Vantage for Spring wildflowers. The image of me is from Table Mountain (6359') with Mt Stuart (9415') sticking up near the center. Table Mountain is North of Ellensburg. The second image is a Grass Widow in the Snow Mountain Ranch area, taken in late March.
The date and place taken are embedded in each picture. I have included the common and scientific names of each plant, along with a short comment and many times, identification hints by me. The images in the gallery are 800 x 600 pixels. If you have a slow internet connection, you may want to run the slide show manually or use the thumbnail page. Use the slider bar on your screen to better position the slideshow.
Below is a site search box to help you locate the many plants that our imaged in this gallery. You may enter a common plant name like Balsamroot or Aspen, also you can enter its scientific name. If you enter more then one word, enclose it in quotes, like "Ponderosa Pine" or "Pinus ponderosa" - enjoy.
