Despite cold, spring advances

 

Surprises in the Orchard

In the tree rows, on the ground --

 

some kind of chickweed? Or tiny member of mustard family?

And then, unexpectedly, a garden emigrant!

After the Eclipse

 

Thursday Morning in the Woods

 

April Snow

 

Look closely, and you can see it.

Snow Cups

 

Suttons Bay, Michigan, in Spring Snow

 

I adjusted the color on this one to brighten it up, because the effect "in person" is of more vivid color than my phone captured on a snowy morning. Next time I'll try the real camera. 

Weather Report: Spring’s Winter

No-name creek re-freezing along its edges --

As I pulled on winter boots and coat and scarf and chook and mittens this morning, the temperature was 23ºF, with a “feels like” report of 9ºF. What is nowadays referred to “feels like” used to be called “wind chill” not all that long ago, but when I was a kid, it wasn’t called anything at all. We just had temperature, no matter how hard the wind was blowing and how much colder it felt than what the thermometer showed. 

Crows calling in the northeast at 9 a.m. sounded like ducks, their voices muted and distorted by the wind, that wind in the tall pines sounding like waves out on Lake Michigan. If woodpeckers were at work this morning, their hammerings were drowned out entirely. And yet, although the forecast had called for nothing but clouds today, large swathes of blue sky showed as the sun rose. A welcome sight!

Glimpses of blue sky and morning sun!

 

Pockmarked Snow

New, wet snow is pockmarked by melted snow dripping from branches overhead. Warm air except for the wind!

 

Hellebore, Two Shades

 

Morning Shadows on Frost with Dog

 

Reflection in Creek Pool

 

Island Offshore

 

Thank heaven!

For a couple hours of sunshine and blue sky!

Combination Snow and Fog

Today's landscape is a reminder

that 'stark' can be beautiful.

 

Enchanted World

 

Finally, Snow