Another wildflower, the wood violet, has emerged as small patches of its color add additional hints of the arrival of spring.
More Wildflowers Found
Picture of the Day for April 9, 2021
Another rainy day has the lawn feeling rather squishy and my pond overflowing, but at least all the precipitation has been rain instead of snow, otherwise a deep coating of white would be covering the new emerging white blossoms of the bloodroots.
White of the Bloodroots
Picture of the Day for April 8, 2021
April showers are bringing April flowers. In just a couple of rainy days, both the bloodroots and spring beauties have opened a few blossoms. The spring beauties are tiny but bring a big sign of spring.
Spring Beauties Signal Spring
Picture of the Day for April 7, 2021
As the thunderstorms rolled in yesterday, this was one of the last pieces of blue sky before the clouds blanketed the sky and created a light show from the all the lightning.
Last Patch of Blue
Picture of the Day for April 6, 2021
The snow glories popping up on my lawn might not be covered in snow like some years, but they sure got wet this evening and some of them might even have been burnt from the frequent lightning strikes.
Snow Glories Not in Snow
Picture of the Day for April 5, 2021
The frogs have made their return for more than a week now, but with the temperature reaching 82 degrees today, the tiny spring peepers were very vocal.
Noisy Spring Peeper
Picture of the Day for April 4, 2021
It was a very warm Sunday afternoon for the bunnies to play in the yard, but on my way to church in the morning I spotted deer on the road instead of cottontails. Guess the Easter bunny was playing elsewhere as I didn’t see him today.
Easter Bunny
Picture of the Day for April 3, 2021
I spotted some snow glories this morning, but they are not native flowers. Late this afternoon, I did finally spotted the first native wildflower blooming in my woods. Hepaticas are the first wildflowers to bloom around my area and are always a treat to see in the spring.
First is Found
Picture of the Day for April 2, 2021
The old windmill would have been turning with the breezy conditions as the wind started to blow in some warmer temperatures again. The old windmills are disappearing as new bigger energy producing ones are going up.
Old Windmill
Picture of the Day for April 1, 2021
I think Mother Nature played the April Fools’ Day trick with its deceiving sunshine. On Monday it was warm enough that I could open my windows for the first time this spring, but this morning the temperature was 14 and the wind chills stayed below freezing most of the day. The sunshine made it look warm but it fooled you when you went outside.
Not So Warm
