Tulips opening in the morning sun
Last week brought beautiful butterflies, terrific tulips and perfectly pretty posies. When the rain finally stopped, the sun came out and nature showed off her true colors with the most prolific of these being green.
Tulip
More butterflies have appeared. Spotted, but not necessarily photographed, were spring azures, red admirals, cabbage whites, sulfurs and eastern tiger swallowtails.
Eastern tiger swallowtail
The birds appear more active even though the orioles and hummingbirds have yet to make an appearance.
Eastern towhee in a flowering cherry tree
A female goldfinch perches on a bird bath.
Tulips gained some color and the lilacs will soon fill the air with their fragrance.
White lilacs
Apple blossoms
The red-spotted newts were spotted out and about.
A red-spotted newt in its red eft stage.
May apples
Crazy critters
Sadie tries to decide whether to eat this tulip or not. She then opted for a stick in the yard instead.
A Walk in the Woods contains photos from newsroom staffer Anna Applegate’s daily jaunts around her neck of the woods. Tagging along on the treks are dogs, Buford, Sherman and Sadie, and goats, Kyle and Kennedy. Applegate manages the Good Times and can be emailed at bigdogs.thederrick@gmail.com.
