After our late, wet, chilly, windy spring I am delighted to report that the first day of summer really was a lovely day.
I present the following photos from today's walk at Shubie Park, as evidence.
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Iris grow at the edge of a boggy stream. |
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I love the shapes of the roots as they snake over each other. |
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This Lady Slipper reminds me of a space alien
or an enormous exotic bug. |
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Lush greens of summer. |
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Summer -- a time for friends to play in the water. |
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Green, green, green. Can you smell the fresh green of grass and trees ? |
Welcome summer. What took you so long ?
Looks like you had a beautiful first day of summer, Sybil. Really like the look of that ladyslipper. We haven't seen summer at all this week. Just cold & rain. Sigh...send some down south, will you?
ReplyDeleteWish I could Kathy. Hang in there. I'm sure summer will be there soon.
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