The first wildflowers this spring...

Overcast days bring out the rich colors of the wildflowers and the green grass.  The images below with their descriptions were the first wildflowers to bloom this spring.  Enjoy!

Berlandier's evening primrose are very tiny and tall wildflowers and this closeup gives the impression they are bigger than what they really are!

I waited too late to catch these wild blue-indigo as they were well eaten by bugs. 

Love using macro lens to get closeups of these beardtongue wildflowers.  The name is very fitting!

These Missouri evening primroses were plentiful this year! 

The heart of this Missouri evening primrose is so beautiful!

This bug was watching me take its picture while feasting on this pink evening primrose.

Tried to find wild blue-indigo that hadn't been marred by bug bites.  Love the purple and green colors!

This goatsbeard macro shows these tiny white seeds that I didn't notice till I looked on the computer.

I like how the leaves in the background frame this young purple coneflower!   Be looking for my next set of wildflowers taken during the "golden hour" of sunset.

Beautiful wildflowers and a silly bug!

One of our neighbors' dirt driveway has become overgrown with beautiful wildflowers--blue sage wildflowers and pink evening primrose.  These blue wildflowers open up in the morning and close their petals when the temperature soars so this was a morning capture. (see comments below)

This is a macro image of the blue sage wildflower.

This silly bug was enjoying this pink evening primrose wildflower and didn't seem to mind his photo taken!

These pretty pink flowers are catclaw sensitive briers.  They look so pretty against a green grass background!

Purple coneflowers are a faithful wildflower around the Smith Ranch!

I love this macro image of an unfruited Black-eyed Susan!  The macro image lets you see things you would have never seen before like the hair on the leaves of this wildflower.

This milkweed is called antelope horns which I think is a very fitting name!

Purple prairie clover were very much in abundance this year!

I was so excited to happen upon this wildflower called the Red Mexican hat.  These are the only two that I could find on the Ranch!