It's Spring!

It's spring and the wildflowers continue to entice me into the woods. On April 2nd, I took these photos...

Sessile Trillium

lots of sessile trilliums

non-sessile Trillium

Chocolate Lily budding

Oregon Grape

 

And on April 7...

 

It's spring in our yard, too

In the woods, the Chocolate Lily buds are expanding fast

The skunk cabbage is expanding, too.

Cute little bee fly of some sort

A happy surprise: a pair of bluebirds have taken over a nest box

Here's one keeping an eye on her property from high in a nearby tree

Mylitta Crescent butterfly on this sunny April day

You  can tell it's spring because the weather goes from warm and sunny to cold and wet, calm to windy, sometimes in the space of a day. Rain is scheduled to return tomorrow with possible snow in the hills above us. Johnny is bringing in wood from the February ice storm and I'm trying to fit my many bird surveys between goat chores, gardening... and walks in the woods. No chance to get bored here. Happy Spring!