...the redbuds bloom.
And then the landscape changes from this...
...to this.
Purple buds open up...
...to become woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata).
The flowers of dogtooth violets disappear...
...and are replaced by jack-in-the-pulpits.
One vibrant forsythia bush...
...tones it down and goes into hiding.
One cricket frog will be joined by a lot of cricket frogs...all jumping in every direction.
And the dogs who helped hunt for morels last week are back....joined by even more dogs...........but where's that Aussie?
Oh, she's there.
That's one thing that doesn't change from week to week...and I hope it stays that way for a long, long time. :-)
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Love that Aussie, what a great smile. Gorgeous photos, as always.
I do too, Maureen. That dog is something else. I met her "owner" a couple weeks ago and unsurprisingly, he is a very, very nice young man.
Thanks for the compliment on the photos. It is so damn beautiful out there right now and I really do need to get a camera upgrade soon. The point and shooter has been having exposure problems and some focusing problems...may have something to do with my big splat into the creek last fall. It was something. I was airborne!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Would like to hear more about your other critters, especially the turtles.
I enjoyed your post of before and after. The forsythia and the pholx do okay here and so do dogs. But not the dogwood and jack-in-the-pulpits. Fun to see Aussie's smile. Would have liked to have been there for the airborne splat. Hope you didn't get banged up too bad.
Linda-Oh yes. Those other animals....I guess I'm too preoccupied with my other life at the moment. Hahaha. How things are at this hour...Violet is outdoors passed out on the glider, Stella is sleeping in the medicine cabinet, Shugg was imitating me blowing my nose for hours today (my allergies are NOT that bad) and Eddie and Starlinka are tucked in for the night and fast asleep. If birds could snore, they'd be snoring. As for turtles, it's just not warm enough for them to do anything yet. They get to spend a couple hours outdoors but they're not powered up yet to be that interesting (a nice substitute word for being destructive!). And they're not being very obliging when I crawl around under shrubs to try and take a picture of them. They see me coming and they pull their heads in tight. Blurry photos of turtles hiding in their shells do not make a good post. Hopefully they'll be out there doing some damage soon. I see a few peony buds and that's another sign of spring...those buds will be composted by turtle feet before they ever have the chance to bloom.
Leenie-I actually have a picture of me seconds after the splat ended. I'm still looking for it so I can post something about that particular day of adventure. Of course Aussie was there to witness the whole thing. :-)
Your Aussie reminds me of another special four-legged friend ... two in fact. Here's a story that might pull at your heartstrings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0TjfOKnF-c
Kimberly-I've seen that one before and I love it!!!! Have you seen the one with the orangutan? Aussie must have a lot of relatives out there. :-)
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