Head first in the Periwinkle

Yellow Star of Bethlehem..a tiny little star flower that seems somewhat rare..at least to me😊 adding bright sunny faces to the dark ground.

Dewy rose

Bumblebee in the clover loaded up with pollen

Trying to look big and bad..little common garter snake

A Lady’s Slipper which will soon produce its pink slipper orchid..hoping I can find it again to see the bloom but it’s doubtful since this was found on a totally disorganized ramble through the woods.

River stone with leaves and catkin..

What the what? You can cook with avocado LEAVES?

If grass had eyes they would look like this..Blue Eyed Grass

Peppervine

Crane fly aka Mosquito Hawk..they aren’t mosquitoes and they don’t hunt mosquitoes..they actually feed on nectar

Big clouds rolling off the Atlantic💦

I come to you with the golden pineapple. A symbol of peace, prosperity and belly skritches.

Old trees, old roads…

Ant on the Oleander

Wild grapevines

River stones and leaves wet from the rain

Fortnite Lily..stunning little blooms opening on a plain reedy plant..

Baby American toad posing in the violets

Grazing on the fresh new grass..must be the violets taste good, too.

Fingers in the dirt…

Mallards lifting off the pond

Red Maple leaves unfolding🍁

The light is changing as the new leaf canopy begins..

Heading home

Moon pendants hot outa the kiln.

April sky

Pretty little lions

Reflections

Little faces in the grass..

Ferns..beautiful at every stage.

Dead wood in the water..

Sunny Spring woodlands

Little Garter snake enjoying some warm sunshine

New growth on avocado trees is so pretty.

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Almost sunrise

Brand new leaves on the old Sugar Maple

Holding up the old tree..

This sunny color💛

The Shadbush (aka Serviceberry, Juneberry,Shadwood, Saskatoon, SugarPlum, Wild-Plum,etc) opened this morning, lighting up the perimeters of the woods..perfect for Earth Day.

The Pileated Woodpeckers love this old Hemlock tree..

Reading chair 🪑

Old road💚

Eggplant taking its name seriously.

New hummingbird mug. Hand-built. Stoneware. Just listed. Surly.etsy.com

Fiddleheads just starting to unfurl

Trout Lily(aka Fawn Lily, Dog-toothed Violet, Yellow Adder’s Tongue)..one of the early wild flowers in the northern woods

The Periwinkle opened today

Box Elder blossoms