Sunday Walk

Today was the first I have gone for a walk without a jacket,

so spring is really here.

I took the dogs around the far side 

of the marsh,

past where the coltsfoot are blossoming.

The patch is getting larger!

Some of the pussywillows are finished blooming,

but not all of them.

Annie kept saying "Come on in, the water's fine".

There were a lot of the trees coming into leaf

or bud.

The next image is red elder, in bud.

Jake was starting to say we had walked far enough.

But we were not all the way around the marsh yet...

We went past a couple of old fence posts,

and admired the tiny leaves in the grass.

About this point, Jake's hip was unable to hold him, and I had to carry him a ways. Good thing he only weighs 29 pounds...

Also a good thing we were almost home.

Spring Flowers

I have no idea what sort of flowers these are,

although they look a bit like scilla...

They are covering a lawn, not too far from here.

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Museum of Nature

Since we are at the Museum of Nature again, this guy has a spot over the main doors...

Salt Water Aquarium

While we were at the Museum of Nature,

I took a lot of photos of the salt water aquarium.

One of the fish flipped over a starfish

and I watched him turn himself

right side up again.

It only took a couple of minutes.

I had not realized a starfish was

so flexible!

Nor did I realize how many colours

anemones come in!

Aren't they beautiful!!!

New Leaves

The leaf buds are starting to open.

I love the way these leaves are just poking their fingers out...

In The Garden of The Sporophytes

I was capturing the sporophytes of the moss on a log

when I spotted this tiny spider

crawling about.

 

Pussywillows

There are more than 400 species of willows,

and they hybridize easily.

That means there must be

more than 400 variations

on pussywillows,

as well.

The last couple of days,

I have been checking all the willow bushes

in the area,

and capturing their pussywillows.

Some of them have advanced beyond

the pussywillow stage

into bloom,

while others are still little grey catkins.

I would hate to have to try

and sort these out by species.

So much simpler to enjoy them...

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