Category: spring

  • Laurel

  • Lily after rain

    A patch of day lilies stretching after the heavy rain.

  • Bumbler

    This is a small bumblebee, one of many I saw dining on the spirea bushes. The plants have odd, spikey blossoms and they die a few days after blooming. Maybe that’s why the bumblebees were hustling.

  • Caught

    There’s a fence along the river and this morning I saw this shred of leaf caught by a web. A fragile scene.

  • River grass

    When the grass is growing and blooming in the river it has an abstract quality because of the flow of water and the light. Views are different every moment because of that motion and light. I’ve enjoyed watching the changes. Even when the river is low in the summer the grass looks so interesting. Canada…

  • Phlox

  • Fading Lily

  • Mouse-eared hawkweed

    For years I’ve been mislabeling this little flower a dandelion. Why? Because I wasn’t paying close attention to the differences in shape. This lovely weed has squarish petals, compared with the dandelion’s, which are thinner. I apologize, little weed. My bad.

  • Common reed

    Found a nice patch of reeds between two businesses. If I just pay attention to what’s around me I find places like this.

  • Peony

    Waited two days for the weather to get a bit warmer so this flower would open a little. It had shut tightly Friday as the weather chilled. Welcome to New England, peony.