Monday, May 16, 2011

More spring unfurling

 Nature unfurls here spring treasures... one at a time!





We continue to bud and green up, albeit slowly this year.  Although the sun has finally arrived and the birch trees are turning the forest roof to soft green again, the overnight temperatures are still dipping to the freezing point and the last three days we were whipped with a north wind.   There is a blanketing of little yellow wildflowers all over and some trilliums about to open on the forest floor.
While out with Harley the Wonder Dog, we discovered lots of ferns cresting their way open.  These are not the fiddlehead variety, so they are safe from my saucepan.








I love the blooming of life that happens in spring, even the tips of the hemlocks show pale buds this time of year.