Spectacular flower displays, Brute. May I assume your home location ('Podunk') is somewhere in the great Pacific NorthWest ('PNW") of the USA?
In our southern California coastal sage biome, spring is when the rain stops, and the race to bloom and fruit/seed before everything dries out is on.
Nikon D800/16/3.5 at f/16, processed in free trial of ON 1 Raw. Yes, I keep trying to shoot flowers with wide angle lenses.