We’re beginning to come into all the beautiful spring colours, starting with bright yellow!
Pretty, frilly forsythia blossoms have started opening in lovely yellow profusion …
… while the daffodils nod their spring approval in the breezes.
I can’t wait to see more of the colours that are headed our way.
Happy Tuesday.
One word Sunday Bernie
As if…Green
A stunningly beautiful capture of the Aurora from Bernie at 3six5Snap2. Please click the link above to see more of Bernie’s photography.
I wandered lonely as a cloud …
… that floats on high o’er vales and hills …
… when all at once I saw a crowd …
… a host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze …
~ William Wordsworth
Happy daffodil Sunday.
Skaha Lake which is on the south end of the city …
… and Okanagan Lake which is on the north end of the city …
… are both beginning to show that springy face.
Happy Saturday.
March vingettes …
… of sky …
… and lake …
… and sun.
Happy Friday; happy spring! It officially starts today.
We’ve been enjoying some lovely spring weather with temperatures around 20C (68F), so that meant a bit of hiking above Okanagan Lake.
It’s good that we decided to get out to relish it …
… since our temperatures are going to drop again to about 12C (54F) …
… and we’ll have to wait a bit for more of these glorious days, but then again, that’s March!
Happy Thursday.
We had 18C (65F) and lovely sun and many people were out enjoying it by walking their dogs, strolling on the beaches or sitting outside with a coffee, beer or wine.
The buds are bursting …
… the sap is flowing …
… the marmots are happily soaking up the sun …
… and enjoying some time outside …
… while a gentle spring sun …
… tells us that the season is turning our way.
Happy Wednesday.
I originally posted this piece back in 2022. Here it is again, updated but still appropriate, I think. Cheers.
Today is St Patrick’s Day, and although I don’t have any Irish antecedents, my husband does. He is half-Irish. In fact, his surname is so Irish that it glows green in the dark.
I don’t really understand why St Patrick’s Day has become so popular – is it the green beer? the riddance of green snakes? – but since I’m a half-French frog, I do understand the green background and that it confers a certain ability to stand up to the preconceived notions of others. Nevertheless, as Kermit the Frog so famously said, “it’s not easy being green.”
So here’s to the Irish! May they live as long as they want, and never want as long as they live.
These lovely trees have started their spring blooming process.
Although they are referred to as cherry trees because they produce clusters of very cherry-like looking fruit in the autumn, this tree is actually a member of the dogwood family.
The “cherries” these trees produce are quite tart but I understand they make the most delicious jams, jellies, juices and fruit leathers.
This tree is in a park and the birds usually strip it bare as soon as the berries ripen, so I haven’t actually tasted them.
Tasty or not, their blooms are a lovely and welcome spring sight.
Happy Monday.
… after a(nother) wind storm.
Happy Saturday.
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