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https://www.juneauempire.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2023/07/33193466_web1_Willson-JUE-230705-pic_1.jpg20481365On a cool, gray day just after the sunny summer solstice, a group of friends set out to enjoy the annual Cowee Meadow flower show. An incidental treat was the continuous rattling of kingfishers flying up and down the river. As always in June, there were dozens of kinds of flowers in bloom along the trail, with the fireweed still in bud. In previous years, we have often counted over five dozen kinds of flowers along the trail from the parking lot to the beach. However, on this day we focused mainly on variation in flower color.