Spring flowers!

Here's a few recent pics I took while back working in the burned area of the Eldorado National Forest. Fires very often bring out a multitude of new plants and flowers, mainly because the wood ash changes the soil's pH from being acidic to a more neutral soil chemistry. Especially when pine trees are the dominant tree species, because pine needles are very acidic. You can also use wood ash in your yards and gardens, being loaded with lots of macronutrients and micronutrients. All of these pics were taken with the camera's macro function on.

This one below is rather hypnotic and nicely symmetrical.

This Little Wood Rose is unlike its cousins and is also Alberta's Provincial symbol and flower.