Scanner art by Craig Cramer, gardening & more
The on-going march of spring ephemerals. And on a phenological note, I forgot the mention that the spring peepers made their first audio appearance last Sunday night.
Happy crocus continue to multiply in my poor excuse for a rock garden.
Crocus clump amid the pachysandra.
Scilla blooms at many stages.
First corydalis blooms.
More in the on-going march of spring ephemerals …
When the weather gives you lemons, make some lemonade.
And on scilla…
… or at least something out of the ordinary. Reminds me of some of the snowdrops I saw out at Hitch Lyman’s last spring. (I have a premonition he might be in the news soon.) I spotted this one in an out-of-the-way place on campus, as well as some clumps of other interesting snowdrops.
As with hellebores, it’s hard to get an in-the-eye shot without getting fingers in the frame.
The guy can write a song in that fine Texas tradition. Me and Billie the Kid.
Ely will be playing as part of the Flatlanders, April 3, State Theater, Ithaca.