A two photo day

Yellow Bell ~ Fritillaria pudica

As the ice and snow of winter depart…

It was so nice yesterday to walk on a forest trail, once again among the green.

“Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy.”

This morning as the overnight fog began to drift out of the valley, the webs were very noticeable.

While waiting for the wildflowers…

The blossoms of the willows

It rained here all of yesterday and I wanted to photograph the willows which are just starting to bloom but while the soft light was wonderful for taking pictures, the rain wasn’t. I tried by holding an umbrella with one hand, a hiking staff serving as a monopod with another hand and the third hand (!/?) working the camera. (And, to make it more interesting, what I was trying to shoot was too high for me approach closely, forcing the use of a 70 – 300mm lens to shoot from a distance of about 5 feet.) So when today turned up dry, I re-shot yesterday’s photos again with a real tripod and I am posting a few of them. (The last photo is one from yesterday’s batch with poor focus, but I still rather liked it.)

Woodland Star and friends

A few of the tiny wildflowers are beginning to emerge.

Small-flowered Woodland star ~ Lithophragma parviflorum (blossom size about 1/4 in – .64cm)

Spring Draba, Spring Whitlow-grass ~ Draba Verna (blossom size 1/8 in – .32cm)