The trees are starting to take on a lovely bright green colour but it’s a bit hard to take the advantage of it right now because it’s been really windy today. In the morning before it got too bad I was able to get some macro work done, otherwise the day was more suitable for just walking around and checking the status of various wildflowers. I was surprised to see the hepatica still in bloom, and delighted to find common dog violets. The wood anemone are in full bloom in some places, but only budding in my favourite wood anemone spot which is somewhat shaded so the snow melts late. Even the blueberry is starting to flower in sunny places, which I found a tad optimistic… I hope we don’t get any frost nights in May like last year.

And then there’s this pair of colourful ducks in the small pond across the fire station. I saw them there last week and I was sure they were just passing, but today I saw them again. I’ll almost have to try to photograph them tomorrow, although I’m not looking forward to it – the place is very exposed. But the ID bothers me and I can only confirm it if I get them on picture. I’m no ornithologist despite the pile of bird books on the shelf!