Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Sandy Beach

Not the best of photos - much too blurry for my liking - but it's a bit different from the other, more "usual" photos of Prairie Crocuses that I took yesterday. It was a very overcast afternoon and quite windy - not good for photographing thousands of tiny, gold hairs, LOL. However, I had just been to get my Taxes done and this location was nearby, so I wanted to at least try and find a few of these wildflowers. So great to have them finally in bloom! Oh, and by the way, I placed something dark behind the flower head to make it show up against all the tangle of dried grass in the background. I'll post one of those "messy" photos another day : )

LOL, "everyone" takes photos exactly like this one! This is just a typical shot of a typical cluster of these unique flowers. Everyone is thrilled when the first ones push up through the dried grasses or sometimes even through the remaining snow of winter. They tend to be the first flowers to bloom each spring. They are such furry little flowers and a delight of mauve and yellow. Happy spring! A HOT day today - I think it was supposed to get up to around 20C and up to 21C tomorrow. Caught me totally unprepared : )

With all the mushrooms finished till next year, my camera turns to any remaining slime molds to be found. This one was growing on a log at Sandy Beach park.

My first, and the only one I could find this afternoon, so I had no choice as far as a photogenic bloom was concerned. Last spring, I didn't see my first Prairie Crocus until 29th March. They are such beautiful flowers - love the silvery hairs. "Legend tells of the Great Spirit giving this delicate plant a fur coat to keep it warm through cold spring nights." From the excellent book, "Plants of Alberta," by France Royer and Richard Dickinson.