Blooms within blooms

"Let's go look for flowers in Beach Grove," Laurie says. Well, it's warmer down there, one block north of the US border; maybe it was time.

Crocuses, palest mauve and yellow.

Yes, it was.

Snowdrops

Miniature daffodils


Primulas. The centers so bright the eye boggles.

Up close and personal:

Bergenia


Tulip. Tips of the early leaves. About 2 inches high.


A fly sips on crocus nectar.
Click on this, and notice the way the veins in the wings echo those in the crocus petals.


Zooming down. Yellow crocus.


Closer: almost like another flower at the centre of this crocus.


Blue crocus, yellow stigma (the central fan things) and anthers (lower stalks, with pollen).