The Queen City’s Crown

One of Montana’s showiest flowers – the arrowleaf balsamroot, is in full bloom across the state in May earh year. In the capital, Helena - also known as the Queen City of the Rockies, these flowers bloom in the hills circling the city, like a golden crown.
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I captured this photo at sunrise just before our recent spell stormy weather. You know how the old saying goes: Pink sky in morning, sailors take warning? This color explosion in the sky was the precursor to a stormy couple of days.