Spring Snow Storm

Spring Snow Storm

Peter Pan Park – Emporia, KS – Huge flakes are falling across the area this evening, but it’s has a fragility about it. It’s soft and wet, enough to nurture the new life but not cold enough to do harm.
Madam Ladybug

Madam Ladybug

The first ladybug of Spring popped into the picture when I stopped along a Cowley County, Kansas country road to photograph henbit.
Wedge-Leaf Draba

Wedge-Leaf Draba

Marion County, Kansas – These very tiny flowers were found along the rocky side of a country road. They’re the first country wildflowers I’ve noticed so far, and I could have easily missed them if I hadn’t been carefully searching for something...
Pollen Gatherer

Pollen Gatherer

The sun is warming the new blossoms in our front yard. It’s too pretty to work through spring break so I’m taking a bit of vacation time, studying the first bee to visit. It’s a miraculous event, this parade of emerging new life before us.