Basalt Mountain stands proud after a fresh pattering of hail on April 28. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

Double Bubble Trouble
By Nancy Bo Flood  

I chewed
And chewed
Then
Blew and blew.
My bubble grew…

And Grew … and  … GREW
        until
          POP!

Oh, No.
It’s on my nose
It’s in my hair
Double Bubble everywhere.

Piece by piece
I peel off pink.

Ooops
       DROPPED
             D
             D  it.

All gone?
Wrong. Now
My shoe

Stuck!
Yuck.

Much like us, the high-country wildflowers of all shapes and colors are enduring every type of weather this spring. From hail and snow to soaking rain and beating sun. Photos by Raleigh Burleigh