The Signs of Spring

 
As the grip of Winter passes, we cheer ourselves by looking for signs of Spring. Currently on the trails at Ganondagan...

• Coltsfoot is blooming their somewhat dandelion like flowers.

• The skunk cabbages have moved past their very alien-looking flowers to their rather attractive, yet pungent foliage. 

•  The willows have moved past the fuzzy soft catkins of the "pussy willow" and into the next flowering stage. (See the picture to the right.)

•  Maples are blooming. 

• The earliest  "spring ephemerals," like trillium, are just starting to appear.

• And bird song fills the air!

What signs of Spring are showing at your place?


-kim