Fortunately, my
buddy Bill got stuck in a massive snowdrift while we were riding ATVs the other
day. Actually, the good fortune was
found in the fact we were rather boxed in by something of a swamp when we
encountered the drift.
Allow me to
explain.
While my three
riding companions assessed the best possible way to dig Bill’s machine from the
snowdrift, I wandered out to inspect a flourish of flowers I spotted on the fringes
of the marsh just of the road.
Lucky me! A new find.
I didn’t recall seeing these wildflowers in any of my previous travels.
I captured a
couple images of the flowers and then identified them once I returned home.
The flowers were
a white marsh marigold (sometimes referred to as elkslip). This particular flower often emerges in the
melting snow and likes to have its feet wet during early growth and flowering—exactly
as I found them.
The flowers,
about the same diameter as golf ball, are simple in design, but lovely
nonetheless.
I have posted two
images I captured with my smarter-than-me-phone.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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