Early November

Virginia Creeper

the last of the plumbago

a hosta says goodnight

Rain . . .

On Halloween.

Vernal Equinox

It's time to pet the pussy willows.

Salix chaenomeloides

Salix chaenomeloides

The Japanese species is bursting with stamens.

Salix discolor

The native species is a bit behind.

Snow-rain-wintery mix is forecast for the next four days.

Happy vernal equinox!

Crocus

When the crocus bloom, spring can't be far behind.

I love the contrast of the orange stamens and stigmas with the purple petals.

Harbingers too

The robins were hopping and fluttering and chasing each other 

around the back yard this morning.

Turdus

This one is performing a one-legged balancing act.

Harbingers

Crocus

Galanthus

Narcissus

Winter Sunlight

End of February

Quercus

Salix

Picea

We haven't had much snow the last few winters here in MO.  Maybe an inch or so here and there, but mostly ice and freezing rain.  The snowfall this week at about 3 inches is the largest in some time.  It was a wet, heavy snow that clung to the trees.

Zenaida

Imbloc

I went searching for snowdrops and found none.

Only a frozen daffodil in a sunny spot in the backyard.

End of January

Quercus

Salix

Cercis

There were robins in the backyard today.

It was 74 degrees on Monday.  Tonight's predicted low is 10 degrees.

Zenaida

The End of October

giant post oak in the backyard

redbud

forsythia at the back door stoop

plumbago at the sidewalk steps

spruce in the front yard loaded with cones

Spring

Happy vernal equinox to everyone.

MO house

Forsythia

yellow daffodils

white daffodils

more daffodils

and another daffodil

pussy willow glowing in the afternoon sun

pussy willow stamens

ribbon snake sunning in the quince

In the Front Yard

Spring Already?

First Daffodil, January 29, 2012