by Mary Tastad | Apr 14, 2019 | Billings County, Bowman County, flowers, Golden Valley County, Hike, McKenzie County, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Places to go, Road Trip, Slope County, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Watford City
Pasqueflowers! It’s Spring! Pasque Flowers, part of the buttercup family, are the first plant to bloom on the prairie. A true herald of spring in the badlands and grasslands of western North Dakota and eastern Montana (and South Dakota!) is the emergence of...
by Mary Tastad | Jul 22, 2018 | flowers, gardens, journal, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Snap Shot Sunday
Sunny and Wet It’s an unusual year to visit the North Dakota Badlands. It’s the end of July. It’s green. Unlike the last two years, wildfires are not an issue. Flash flooding is. There’s been plenty of rain and the 2017 drought is history. ...
by Mary Tastad | Jun 2, 2018 | Dickinson, family, flowers, gardens, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota, Photoblog, Places to go, Snapshot Saturday, Things To Do, Uncategorized
Monotony of Color? Not! Western North Dakota can seem a bit stark at times, at the very least monochromatic, to the eyes of travelers who cling to the seemingly impersonal cookie-cutter interstate highway. Winter is all white. Spring is all green. Summer is...
