A variety of scenes here:

Tightly furled leaf buds on a willow…

This year’s buds on Tag Alders ….

Female flowers of Acer rubrum…

Fly on sun-warmed rock …

Wildflower garden is developing ….

Good example of male (pollen) and female (purple cone) flowers …

on a Larix laricina tree …

Pollen in background, previous year’s cone and current year’s cone:

Nice turbulence in Pickerel River at Bailey Bridge  on Jamot  Lumber Road …

Friend on Boucher’s Road …

Unknown butterfly …

Fern Fronds Beside the Water I …

Carpet of Carolina Spring Beauties …

Fully blossomed Bloodroot …

Fern Fronds Beside the Water II  …

Who ARE these guys??

Here we are!!

Andy Fyon has a good Facebook showing and telling about spring in the Ottawa Area.  A good supplement to  Andy’s Northern Ontario Wildflowers.