Spring preview

I'm not trying to rub it in or anything, but as I said in my last post, the weather is turning nice, and with all the rain we got, there are many flowers in bloom on the island. This Sunday we took a walk down West End Rd to look at and photograph some of the flowers. Think of this as a bit of a spring preview for all of you still suffering through gray slush.

Click on the picture for a larger version. I scaled all the images down to about 800x600 for two reasons: 1) so they wouldn't take too much time to download (for those of you with slow internet connections), and 2) the photography really isn't worth a higher resolution.

Disclaimer: All botanical identifications have been made by a microbiologist, and are therefore incorrect. (Sweetie did help, so they are all now identified at least as "plants".)

Rosemary bushes outside our front door:


Some variety of wild geranium, also growing in front of our house:


Gazania:


Wild roses:


One 'ice plant' variety:


A larger variety of 'ice plant':


Oxalis (wood sorrel, only this variety is huge):


More geraniums:


Tiny poppies:


Indian paintbrush (for Grandmother Bloecker):


The tree on the side of our house always looks spare, but produces these lovely purple flowers:


When I see a picture like this, I can't believe we live here.


Hope Spring arrives for you all soon!