Finally, finally, finally! Time for my best friend, the macro lens. My crocuses are not in full bloom yet, but I know that the coltsfoot will have dotted the roadside yellow in that warm spot that is always the first one to melt in Loos. I was hoping to see other signs of spring, anything at all that I could feed to the macro lens, but it is a bit early still. The snow has melted in many south facing spots now but the only place where I saw anything new growing was this coltsfoot patch. But there was a surprise waiting for me – I found hepatica buds! I’ve always known that there’s hepatica here, but normally I only see them later on when they’re in full bloom because they grow on the other side of the ditch and this was the first time I jumped over because I wanted to shoot the coltsfoot.

Oh boy! It was only when I was looking at the yellow filling up the viewfinder that I realised how much I’ve missed the macro lens. And flowers!