An Ozark Spring starts with plentiful rains followed by waves of colors – vivid and saturated like a box of crayons. Forsythias, red buds, dogwoods, violets, daffodils….on and on from late March through August.
Like much of the south, the Ozarks are under pretty extreme drought conditions this year. The season started well and just stopped in mid May. Except for some roadside chicory, the color is all but gone. The field grasses are yellow, the earth is crunchy. I miss my crayons….
Fuscia
Red
Purple
Yellow
Pink
White
Blue
Green
Violet
I know that the drought, like all things, will pass. The colors will be back.
the eff stop 
Gorgeous Photos – thanks for sharing:)
Thank you!
Just look at all those colors. Stunning. š
Thank you – I imagine that you have amazing colors in the Philippines.
Gorgeous photos – my box of Crayolas will never look the same…
š Thanks!
So vibrant I started to sneeze, no kidding. š This post has to be my favorite of the many spectacular ones so far.
Gesuntdheit! Thanks Honie.
Stunning photos – even the bugs are amazing!
Thanks Dianna – I think bugs are pretty amazing – I didn’t even notice the one on the violet when I was shooting.
brilliant array of colours .. well done you
Thanks so much!
Brilliantly vibrant! Thank you for sharing them!
Russ
Thanks Russ – color is usually what makes me get out my camera.
AWESOME…..I always love colors like these…..
Thanks so much Jim!
These are stunning!
Thanks. Flowers are my favorite thing to shoot. Most of these are from early spring of this year.