The solitary flower of a Nodding Trillium hangs underneath the leaves so it isn’t spotted very easily (and maybe why the deer don’t eat as many of these trilliums as the other type) but it also makes it difficult to take a picture of them as the camera has to be on the ground shooting upward. With the probably frost tonight, the Nodding Trillium probably will want to keep its head covered under the leaves.
Finding the Nodding Trillium
The contrail from an airplane almost looks like a funnel coming out of the cloud like a tornado or an alien spaceship vacuuming up samples from Earth. With the threat of storms today, there might not be a visible sunset tonight but hopefully no tornadoes today like there was yesterday in Minnesota.
Contrail at Sunset
I interrupted a pair of bluebirds while I was taking apple blossom pictures when I got too close to the birdhouse where they were feeding their young. But the splash of blue color looked pretty among the white and pink blossoms and new green leaves while they waited for me to leave the area.
Bluebirds Amidst the Blossoms
As I was finishing mowing when the sun was setting, the pink blossoms of the Wild Geranium in the ditch were catching the last rays of the sun before it slipped away for the night.
Catching the Last Rays
I think this horse was happier yesterday in the sunshine eating the new spring grass than today in the damp, drizzly wet weather.
Grazing on New Spring Grass
On a cold spring night, where cranberry growers where out running sprinklers to protect the vines and farmers were making trips to the barn checking on the cows calving, the skies to the north provided an array of colors to entertain them during their work.
Colorful Northern Sky
With the mention of snowflakes in the air, other wildflowers besides the Jack-in-the-pulpit might want a hood to keep the snow off their heads. The name comes from the fascinating structure of its flower resembling a old-fashioned raised pulpit with a like a tiny man inside.
Jack Hiding Inside
These kittens rarely sit still long enough to take a picture except when they are napping after their playtime and using my legs as climbing posts.
Triple Terrorizing Trouble
A number of mothers will receive flowers from their children today and moms will love us even if we bring them a bouquet of dandelions! Some years we would walk down to the woods and look for wildflowers and there are many varieties open right now, even some bleeding hearts in the yard.
Hearts Full of Love for Moms
Today was a nice spring day and there were calves kicking up their heels if not napping in the sunshine. But this calf isn’t kicking up his heels yet since he had a rough entrance to the world being an upside down breech birth and we were surprised, as was the vet, that the calf was still alive after the long delivery, so my niece named him Miracle.
A Miracle Calf
