I went for a long walk today through my usual forest. Flan is such a trooper. We are kindred spirits when it comes to the woods. I stop to take photos and she just sniffs her way through the bushes, trees, grasses, ditches, etc. We get along just fine. Neither of us are in a hurry. She never complains about not getting a fast walk (that will never happen with this old girl!!) but just putts around searching out whatever may come her way. She sure wishes she could fly though because she's flushed out several pheasant, and other birds, but darn, they take off and she just runs in circles. Anyway, today it was flowers... the bluebell are beginning to bloom and they will be magnificent with just a few more days of warm weather. They've put a little sign up asking people to stay off the flowers...duh...they are too pretty to walk on!! So, it's bluebells, fuchsia, ferns, wild garlic, shamrock/oxalis, primroses, violets, things I don't know what they are...all coming along beautifully. The rhodys will be next I'm sure. The larch/tamarack is all "needled" out (I doubt you can say "leafed" out) and the hazelnut and birch is starting to leaf out. The horse chestnut is fully out and some of the very few maples are out. No sign yet of Oak, ash or plain, but who am I to say...I don't know anything about those trees. I'm finding what looks like red-twig leafing out too... No arrangement this month yet because I keep thinking there will be more and more to add to it when I start picking...or not!! I hate to even disturb all the beauty that is exploding around me....
Photos: flowers
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