Extravagance

The hot sun has pretty much withered the local wildflower population--wild sunflowers excepted--but the mountain flora are still putting on the ritz. 

Wild rose

Asters (purple) and wild buckwheat

Indian paintbrush

Fireweed 

Arctic fritillary feeding on asters

"Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love."--1 Corinthians 13:13 MSG