Wild. Beautiful. Colorful. Abundant. Mesmerizing.

The Upper Truckee Meadow is awash with wildflowers.

Wildflowers fill Upper Truckee Meadow. Photos/Gloria Harootunian

This South Lake Tahoe oasis still has water – evidence of a long, late spring. Mother Nature’s reward – a bouquet of wildflowers that Gloria Harootunian has shared with Lake Tahoe News readers.