Heavy snowfall is expected tonight and tomorrow so I thought that these signs of spring would be nice to see as the storm arrives.

Byng Inlet is opening up … all the way out to the South and North Entrances:

The ice has morphed into the gray unstable stuff.

The ponds are opening up …

Some early spring gardens ….

The lichens are getting brighter …

The spore capsules are maturing ..

The British Soldiers are forming up…..

And the Pixie Cups are getting their green fluorescence colour.

Fuzzies are showing, including this pussywillow …

… and these seeds …

… from these cattails …

And these birdies are coming back …

Including this, my first photograph of a Red Breasted Nuthatch:

Dabbling Duo ….

This Ring-billed Gull hopped from leg to leg …

…. before giving forth with a long call!

March, in like a lamb, out like a lion?

In addition to frost flowers roadside ditches also provide a home to bubbles.  Here are some of the ones seen recently:

The above were all photographed on a very misty flat day.   The following were taken on a brighter day:

Bubble and “ex-bubble”:

As usual, clicking on the images gives new sights to see in the bubbles!

These bubbles were taken in bright sunshine … difficult …. but with the bonus of little “sunbursts”.  I’ll try them again!

The snow that we got overnight and which is forecast for the next day or so will cover the little bits of spring that started to show recently.  So I’ll make the next post a “harbingers of spring” show.

Michele Holden, who commented on the earlier “Mid March Ditchrider scenes” is a local artist who has a very nice website here.