Frosty mornings, warmer days

 Grenville was looking for a snake very close to this guy but didn't see him or smell him as bathed in the sun on a very cool day.

The Trillium are fading fast with frosty mornings we have been having the last few days.

In the State Park

Some uses for the Jack-in-the-Pulpit you may not have heard of.

This is a Jack-in-the-Pulpit

This Cabbage White is responsible for the ragged look of the middle flower in pic below

A trio of White Trillium probably some of the last of the season.

House Finch

Met this little guy on the path today

Flint in full rage

Flint creek cascade after all the rain and snow of the past few days

A school snow day

 This was yesterday - rain all day

 Today we had snow - all day

 I think this was the same Jack-in-the-Pulpit from above.

This is no way to treat an apple blossom.

Milksnake

The Milksnake was getting a little upset and rising up to fight back.

... Ahead of time

 The Jack-in-the-Pulpit was a big surprise.  They are usually out just as the Trillium are ending but the White Trillium are just starting.  Everything is about 4 weeks ahead of time.

Even the Mertensia are way early in Mertensia Park