A few hundred feet can make a difference whether a snow shower coated you with more snowflakes or not.
Snow Laden Clouds
Picture of the Day for April 19, 2023
With snowflakes flying most every day, spring is slow coming and the spring birds are probably wondering why they came back so soon. But at least this sparrow didn’t have the trouble like the loons that dropped from the sky after getting coated with ice and they are unable to fly if the loons didn’t fall in water as they need big stretches of water to take flight again.
Sparrow in Snow
Picture of the Day for April 18, 2023
After most of the snow melted, a lone daffodil provided a spot of color on a gray day.
Lone Daffodil
Picture of the Day for April 17, 2023
The Snow Glories received a coating of that white stuff that is in their name and I rather not see snow anymore this spring.
Snow Glories in Snow
Picture of the Day for April 16, 2023
Morning revealed a new white coating of snow and I saw some geese heading south again and I bet the flowers that started to bloom wish they waited a few more weeks before emerging during the false spring.
White Again
Picture of the Day for April 15, 2023
The temperatures took a tumble and now the spring peepers are silent and with the forecast staying chilly, not sure when they will resume their chorus songs.
Spring Peeper not Peeping
Picture of the Day for April 14, 2023
The few days with way above average temperatures caused many plants to sprout, open up or leaf out. The pussy willows went from soft catkins to them having pollen-bearing stamens the next day.
Pussy Willows Releasing Pollen
Picture of the Day for April 13, 2023
A eighty degree day sure makes a big difference in getting flower blossoms to open up as yesterday I only found one Snow Glory which was just starting to open up and a day later, there were multiple patches with full blooms.
Snow Glories Without Snow
Picture of the Day for April 12, 2023
Spring has arrived, or maybe summer is here temporarily with an 86 degree day, and with the warm day, three different flowers opened up, including the native wildflower Hepatica which blooms before its leaves sprout up. The fruits of the Hepatica are reported to be a favorite of chipmunks so maybe that is why I have so many of those rodents around.
First Wildflower
Picture of the Day for April 11, 2023
Seventy must be the magical number as once the temperature hit 70 today, the spring peepers began their spring chorus and although a tiny frog, their sound carries a long ways.
Spring Peeper Peeping
