In Search of the First Wildflowers

we found our first wildflowers of the year 

(by driving over an hour north)

as well as

an emerald colored native bee! 

 the earth had but tiny blades of grass appearing amongst 

the pine needle strewn forest floor

yet the lovely pasqueflowers hold their heads high

celebrating life

here and there a 

scattering of lovely yellow bells

after a long winter

these first flowers

fill ones heart with joy

 

a new season is ours to embrace

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More from the Tiny World

standing above

it nearly looks like a cream colored rock with dark specks

kneeling to look closely

macro lens helps

an intricate world of detail

I wonder if this is what is meant (in the title of the book) Mycelium Running

it appears to be going from the stick to the leaf

(thank goodness for the decomposers of our world)

 

 don't you want to touch it ;-)

soft little moss sculpture

like something from manicured garden

a magical threshold 

to a underworld home

snow is melting 

meadows that will later be grasslands

are now shallow lakes

I saw my first butterfly 

of the year

it really is heartwarming to note the small details

of a new season

indeed, nature is a spirit helper

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lovely days and nights to you

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Magical realm of Lichen

these colors!

striking designs

and colors

like an island

of wonder

many kinds

look like

living art

I still have a foot of snow at my place

yet daily the rings of earth around trees grow larger

winter is thawing into spring

 the creek sings 

day and night

wandering around boulders

a delightful miniature world

of lichen thriving

macro lens and the details spring to sight

lichen will hold me over until the world turns green

and 

mushrooms and flowers abound

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