I have to run to catch up with spring, it seems…it’s all flying by in a blur! I noticed our neighbour’s flowering plum is starting to bloom, even while a few doors down, there is a forsythia going strong. The dandelions are threatening to take over the lawn (which makes me wonder why the rabbits choose to eat my liatris instead), and there are a million wild crocuses (Anemone patens) up on Nose Hill flowering in sync with the golden (buffalo) bean. The larches and the chokecherries and the aspens just leafed out these past couple of days – everything is that crazy young, glossy green, so bright it’s hard to comprehend.
I found these willow catkins this morning while walking on Nose Hill – what an amazing texture and colour! You can really see the pollen on a couple of these images.
What are you enjoying most about spring (or autumn, if you live in the southern hemisphere)?
Flowery Prose. 