Saturday, April 21, 2018

A Spotty Spring

The first Grosbeak of the year arrived a couple of days ago, and I was so glad to see him!  (Excuse the bad quality photo; I took the picture through a window with my iPhone X.  In fact, all of the following photos were taken with it...it doesn't do too badly for a camera phone).
It's been an interesting week, but typical of Spring.  Fruit trees blossoming one day.
Fog the next day, so cold that the trees out on the rim (Hwy 18) were iced.
So pretty to see.
And, it's interesting how some of the branches were untouched by the ice. 
 The next day was gorgeous, but chilly, with high winds pushing the clouds around.  (That's Lake Silverwood in the photo). 
The Lunaria (Money Plant and Honesty are some other names for it) was undaunted by all the weather extremes.  Spring is kind of spotty up here so far.  My lilacs have buds but no blooms yet, but I saw lilacs that were already in bloom in some places, and it's the same for all of the other blooming things in these mountains. 


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11 comments:

  1. The little bird is so cute. Lake Silverwood is absolutely beautiful. Nice photos of your area, it is really very pretty to see.

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  2. Your photos are gorgeous. It seems many of us are having unusual weather this spring! Love the little bird.

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  3. Cute bird. Beautiful shots of the ice on the trees and the flowers, Happy Saturday!

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  4. Gorgeous photos - our spring is spotty here too in NW WA - but mostly cold.

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  5. Well, despite fog and icy trees, you are considerably ahead of our Michigan spring (though today they are threatening to get up to 60, which is pure joy! I love seeing your blossoms, promise of something to come, I hope! And the icy trees (disappointing as they may be weather-wise) are indeed lovely.

    Thanks for stopping by Marmelade Gypsy. I so appreciated your comment!

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  6. Hello, pretty Grosbeak. I love the views and pretty scenes. The flowers are beautiful. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Sunday, enjoy your day and new week!

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  7. Lovely photo of our feathered friend and wonderful nature photos ~ 'Spring' seems to be like you describe everywhere ~ so in coming on the East Coast too!

    Happy Week ahead to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  8. Grosbeaks are so beautiful! We don't see them down here. Well....we don't see that type of ice either. How neat! Hope it's nice and warm this weekend though. Hugs!

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  9. Gorgeous captures of the beautiful blooms, the last one was my favorite!!! 😉

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  10. What a nice part of the world! We are just warming up here!
    (ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!

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