For about the last week, we’ve all been bracing for a spring storm, which rolled into the area in the early morning hours today. Schools and businesses are closed, parts of I-90 are closing, and everyone has hunkered down to wait out what is supposed to be a brutal spring snowstorm. We’ll see if it meets with expectations. But yesterday was the calm before the storm. We had warm temperatures, gentle breezes in the morning, overcast skies. It was hard to imagine a winter storm was on the heels of the springlike weather. I had some free time in between a doctor’s appointment and my first piano lessons, so I zipped on over to Buzzard’s Roost, a hiking and mountain biking area about 7 miles outside of Rapid City. And I knew from last year it is a great spot for pasque flowers.
Spring is here. Winter is just reluctant to head out the door.
Song Dog Journal 
Very unique flowers! I’m looking forward to exploring the Black Hills from top to bottom when we move out there in a couple of months.
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The Black Hills are an amazing place, and a pretty well-kept secret. 😉 Welcome to the area!!
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Those are so pretty! And I bet they are very welcome!
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Oh, they are! And now they’re covered with several inches of snow. 😉
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I love these small flower bud shots, low to ground with lighting behind the fuzzy stems. Very nice. I’ll have to gonto Flickr to see what your camera settings were. Thanks for sharing! I shared some spring flowers today you might like:
https://jasonjournals.com/2018/04/13/blooming-bluebonnets/
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Thanks! I definitely like shooting flowers at ground level. It adds a fun dimension to the pictures, and makes them seem sort of larger than life.
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