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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