I had a stroll through the vineyards around here yesterday, and no green yet sprouting there. But the cherry and apple trees are busy putting out buds, even old and gnarly ones.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt: Sprout.
Tag: spring
They’re back!
While the grey herons don’t leave during winter and a couple great egrets have stayed after their flock rested here on their way south,
the storks are gone during winter.
But today, while cycling through the fields, I saw three of them.
The sun was already low and against me so I could only get a clear picture of one of them. A sure sign of approaching spring.
And to the right behind the storks there was one of the many hares out today.
They were everywhere in groups of three or four, hopping around, frolicking, play fighting. Spring can come now!
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: First Hints of Spring.
One magnolia, two magnolias, three magnolias, four.
Five magnolias, six magnolias, seven magnolias, more!
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: The first signs of spring.
At the Moment, It’s Still a Battle
“O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Percy Bysshe Shelley
Linked to Travel with Intent. For more posts inspired by the quote by Shelley – click here.
Nothing mellow about yellow spring riot
Linked to Six Word Saturday. More images and six accompanying works are here.
See how they shine for you
Linked to Six Word Saturday. More six word musings are here.
Limited contact walking
We can’t go far because of the rules for social distancing (which is a misnomer, really, physical distancing would be a better name for it) but we are allowed out of the house to go for a walk or to go shopping. We can go for a walk in the company of persons from the same household. So we combined grocery shopping and driving a small distance to go for a walk in the local woods. The trees are still bare and the ground is covered with brown leaves from last autumn but looking a bit closer one can find the first fresh green leaves and also flowers, in this case heath violets, pilewort, and wood anemone. I’m not quite sure how the grape hyacinth got into that part of the woods but there it was.
Linked to A Photo a Week: Changing Seasons.
The storks are back for good
For Six Word Saturday. More six words and accompanying photos are only a click away.
And I need to add this German children riddle song:
Auf unsrer Wiese gehet was, watet durch die Sümpfe.
Hat ein schwarz-weiß Röcklein an, trägt auch rote Strümpfe.
Fängt die Frösche, schnapp, schnapp, schnapp.
Klappert lustig, klapperdiklapp.
Wer kann das erraten?
Something walks in our meadow, wading through the marshes.
It wears a frock that’s black and white,
and also wears red stockings.
It catches frogs, snap, snap, snap.
It clacks merrily, clack, clack, clack.
Who know what this could be?
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