Friday open thread: flower report

[dolorosa_12]

I walked to the swimming pool this morning accompanied by a dawn chorus of birdsong: wood pigeons, sparrows, and blackbirds. When I emerged for the return journey, Ely was shrouded in misty rain, and the cathedral was disappearing into the sky.

Everywhere there are signs of spring.

Today's open thread is, quite simply: what are the flowers like where you are? Here, we've got cherry and plum blossom, daffodil bulbs emerging from the soil, flowering rosemary, and buds just starting to appear on one of the quince trees. Here's a photoset I put up on Instagram.

Please feel free to share photos or descriptions of your own floral scenery in the comments. For those of you in the southern hemisphere, flowers are probably going to be harder to come by, so instead: what is the plant life doing as things turn autumnal?

Comments

[sophia_sol]

Flowers are still a long way off in my area; the ground is frozen solid and completely covered with snow and ice! The flowers in your pictures are lovely though, and I look forward to the time when we have such things too.

So far the signs of spring I'm clinging to are things like how the sun feels warm even though the air is still frigid, and the canada goose migration is in full swing, and I've heard that the red-wing blackbirds are on their way back even if I haven't seen any yet.

[dolorosa_12]

What lovely signs of the turn in the seasons — I love noticing things like migrating birds.

I hope spring, when it comes your way, is full of beautiful flowers.