North Dakota - the Peace Garden State; the Roughrider State; the Flickertail State; Heaven on Earth

The brown, dormant grass dominates from late summer through the winter, but explodes into green color in the early summer along with hundreds of species of flowering plants.
Swap-Bot: Scattergories 'N' Round 14
Postmarked: Northern Virginia; August 2024

Badlands weather changes quickly and dramatically. Frequent summer thunderstorms promise the grasslands the water as well as fire, elemental forces of prairie nourishment and renewal.
Postmarked: Rapid City, South Dakota; September 2020

From my dad: September 2001