Signs of Spring

My girls and I play a game on our walk.  We look for "Signs of Spring".  It motivates the girls to actually go on a walk, makes the walk fun and different, and teaches a lesson about the seasons.  As the girls point out signs of spring, I photograph them.

 

 Salmon berries are flowering

  

  

 Our climbing rose is leafing out

  

 Spring flowers coming up . . .

  

  

 Butterfly bush has leaves (above)

  

 Pussy willow, actually comes out in January (depending on the year).  This one is Stella's birth tree as she is a January baby and it was planted over her placenta.

  

 Maple trees have buds, soon to be leaves

  

 a few dandelions are blooming

  

 

Iris

  

  

 Nettles, ready to harvest

  

 Marina found something green

  

 Cat tails coming up in the pond

  

 Marina looking for signs of spring...

  

 Skunk Cabbage