Flora on the Sand
Paul Klee
1927
Flora on the Sand: Remembrances of dwarf wild flowers standing bravely amid the sandy shores of the Tuolumne River in the meadow by Soda Springs on our way to Glen Aulin. Late June. Wild flowers all over the place, holding their heads up to gather sunshine while their summer days are with them. Farther down the trail and away from the river, as if in a memorial like meadow of its own, white corn lilies everywhere. Later, we would find out that such a mighty blooming of these flowers happens only every few years in the high country. These white lilies need a perfect match of conditions for blooming.
Those days the sun set late. After our hikes, we bought ice cream at the canvas clad tent store by our campground before we walked to our campsite for dinner. Tired and happy, with the sweetnesses and labors of the day collected in the dust on our boots and socks and legs, we sat on granite rocks out in front of the store watching the meadow.
