Red Maple flowers Violets Our birch is waking up /// Unsere Birke ist erwach… Our Birch in the Fall Trout Lilies (Erythronium americanum) Downy Yellow Violet (Viola pubescens) Wild strawberries Trout Lilies Wild white violets Spring Beauty (Clatonia) Stage props for little ballerinas Red Crabapple or Wild apple tree Violets wherever I look A cold April day Goldfinch on our Hummingbird feeder Ready for our morning coffee Azaleas Azaleas Chenille (Acalypha hispida) Delphinium (planted 5/3/17) Rock garden creeper Columbine (planted 5/3/17) Pussytoes (Antennaria) Our neighborhood Oaks being cut down Space all around us A major through-road in our town Red-breasted Nuthatch (Rotbrust Kleiber) Red-breasted Nuthatch (Rotbrust Kleiber) Maggie in training A house cat in a nature reserve A female Killdeer Rhubarb, Chives & Pansies Spring in our yard On the trail Hide and seak Outside our window From start to finish Better than house cleaning! Our neighborhood in the Spring Our neighborhood in the Spring Our neighborhood in the Spring The first Marsh Marigolds The most beautiful color: violet Little stars on the ground