Flowers underfoot, overhead

First week of April. Suddenly, there are flowers everywhere. In the city, up and down the streets, in the parks; pink, white, yellow, blue. In the edges of the forests, in wetlands and meadows and on roadsides; mostly white, some yellow. I saw one (1) tiny flower of Blue-eyed Mary; they should be all over the Oyster Bay meadow in a week or so.

These were found on Tyee Spit and at Oyster Bay.

Miner's lettuce, Claytonia perfiolata.Edible, but really, too tiny to bother. Oyster Bay.  Purslane family.

Even tinier. These are everywhere around Oyster Bay, like miniature specks of white at ground level. A cress, possibly Cardamine hirsuta. Mustard family.

Purple dead-nettle, Lamium purpureum. Everywhere. Mint family.

Flower buds of the Big-leaf maple, Acer macrophyllum. This one's at Oyster Bay.

More Big-Leaf buds, on a different tree.

Tall Oregon grape, Berberis aquifolium. Tyee Spit.

Pussy willow, species undetermined. Tyee Spit.

Once upon a time (1940s) there was a logging camp here on the shore of Oyster Bay. Someone planted daffodils. The cabins are long gone, but the daffodils still bloom.

The fawn lilies should be blooming down by the river around now. I'll go see tomorrow.

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Estamos en la primera semana de abril, y de repente, hay flores en todas partes. En el pueblo, por las calles y en los parques; color de rosa, blancas, amarillas, azules En los bordes del bosque, en los humedales y al lado de las carreteras; principalmente blancas o amarillas. Vi una sola flor miniatura de Collinsia verna, María de los ojos azules. En una semana, o dos, pintarán toda la pradera en Oyster Bay de azul.

Vi estas flores en Oyster Bay y Tyee Spit.

1. Claytonia perfiolata, lechuga de los mineros. Se puede añadir a las ensaladas, pero siendo tan pequeñito, casi no vale la pena. Oyster Bay. De la famila de los Portulacaceae.
2. Estas florecitas cubren el suelo en Oyster Bay, motitas blancas, casi como polvo. Pueden ser Cardamine hirsuta, de la familia de las mostazas.
3. Lamia purpúrea. Se ven estas ahora por todas partes. De la familia de las mentas.
4. Botones de las flores del arce de hojas grandes, Acer macrophyllum. Oyster Bay.
5. En otro árbol en el mismo sitio.
6. Uva de Oregón, Berberis aquifolium. En Tyee Spit.
7. Sauce gatuno (gatitos) de algún sauce que no traté de identificar.
8. Hace algunos años (en los años 1940 - 45) había aquí en la orilla del mar en Oyster Bay, un campamento de obreros forestales. Alguien sembró narcisos. Las casas ya desaparecieron, hace mucho, pero los narcisos siguen floreciendo.

Los lirios "de los venaditos", Erythronium revolutum, ya deben estar en flor en la orilla del rio.  Mañana, si el clima lo permite, iré a ver.

Pink, yellow, white, green. And turtle.

Yesterday it rained. As it does. But for a short while, while it still rained, the sun came out. I did a quick tour of the garden; spring colours are here!

Daffodil in a dark corner

The plum tree is blooming.

Bleeding hearts, Dicentra spectabilis., sprouting in a plastic pot. So pink!

Another daffodil. weighted down with raindrops.

My old turtle, still guarding the flower bed.

He's been in my gardens for many years. He was a pot, but the bottom crumbled, and now he protects a bouquet of bluebells, growing through his base.

More plum blossoms, growing directly out of the trunk.

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Ayer llovió, como suele pasar en esta temporada. Pero por un rato salió el sol sin que dejara de llover. Aproveché para dar una vuelta a mi jardincito, viendo los colores de la primavera.

Hay narcisos, flor de ciruela, corazón sangrante, o sea Dicentra spectabilis, echando sus primeros brotes de un color de rosa mexicana, y por fin, mi vieja tortuga, que hace años era una maceta, pero que ha perdido su fondo, y ahora protege un bouquet de jacintos de los bosques.

And early spring flowers!

Still testing the new 85mm lens. These photos were taken in fairly bright sunlight, from a few feet away each time, and mostly one shot only, except for the daffodils, because I was hoping to get that fly. I continue to be happy with the new addition.

White hellebore, growing in a sunny spot. Mine, in the shade, are still in the bud.

Purple-pink crocuses, in the shade.

One solitary crocus in an abandoned garden.

Daffodils against the cement wall of the new church next door. With a fly.

Cropped photo, with the fly still there. This was taken from the far side of the landscaping strip, about 2 to 3 metres away.

Heather. They've got full sun and a warm wall next door, so everything is thriving.

Oregon grape, just getting started in our semi-shade plot.

And a tall tree, which will later convert a semi-shade area to full shade. Not for a few weeks yet, though.

Now, if it would only stop raining - again! - I could take the lens down to the beach and field-test it.

Yellow on yellow

At Beach Grove, Tsawwassen:

Daffodil

... on a beautiful, sunny day. With flowers, fish, and fowl. Photos to follow.