Crocuses pop up everywhere, providing spring vitamins for slugs and ants. |
Dead leaves, fresh crocuses |
A miniature iris with purple and white tips. |
Purple pansies |
Deep, rich colours in full sun. |
Royal purple |
Humble periwinkles at the base of a wall. With bonus brown spider. |
A grove snail basks in the sun on the purple wall. |
Here in North Delta, we're about two weeks behind Beach Grove. But one of my hellebores is blooming already; spring's a-coming!
I can't believe you have crocuses! Waagghhhh!!! We're flirting with mud season. Got a dusting of snow. Sugaring might be off to an early start, though.
ReplyDeleteAt least we finally have something to crow about. It's been a sad winter, while other parts of the continent got sunshine. Our traditional winter gloating had to be cancelled.
ReplyDeleteSugaring! I remember walking through the woods in the snow, in Ontario, seeing those long plastic tubes going from tree to tree.