Thursday, April 04, 2024

Coming right along.

Outside my kitchen window, the mock orange and the hydrangea show off new leaves; beside the carport, the perfume of purple hyacinths greets me and the bleeding hearts, tall now, have new flower buds. Inside, a column of tiny ants marches from a crack in the baseboard, and climbs into the cat's dish. Spring is officially here.

I checked out Tyee Spit, hoping for Indian-plum flowers. Not yet; not even buds so far. But there are others:

Oregon grape, Mahonia nervosa.

Pussywillows, Salix sp.

Purple dead nettle, Lamium purpureum. "Dead", because it doesn't sting. A member of the mint family.

Coming right along.

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Afuera de mi ventana, las hortensias y el filadelfo (Philadelphus sp.) estrenan hojas nuevas; al lado de la cochera, el perfume de los jacintos morados llena el aire y en los corazones sangrantes (Lampnocapnos sp.), ya grandes, las primeras flores empiezan a abrirse. Y en casa, una columna de hormiguitas sale marchando de una grieta en el  rodapié y se interna en el tazón de la gata. Es oficial; estamos en primavera.

Fui a Tyee Spit, en busca de las flores de "Ciruelo de indio", Oemleria cerasiformis, uno de los primeros arbustos en florecer; pero no, ni siquiera encontré botones. Pero había otras flores:

Fotos:

  1. Uva de Oregon, Mahonia nervosa. Produce bayas moradas, buenas para jaleas.
  2. Las flores de sauce.
  3. Ortiga muerta purpúrea, Lamium purpureum. "Muerta" porque no irrita la piel, como lo hacen las ortigas "verdaderas". Pertenece a la familia de las mentas, o yerbabuenas.
Suficiente para ahora.

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