The snowdrops are glorious this spring, every spring actually.

What the bees want, the gold in the middle of a flower.

The crocus come up through anything, here they are mixed in with lavender.

Crocus pushing through the Hakone grass, can't keep a good flower down.

A crocus full of food all the insects.

The crocus are in full bloom, hanging out with the lavender plants for a nice contrast. Our neighbor's honeybees must not have made it through our weird winter this year though as there were none in sight. Our mason bees have started to hatch so maybe some of them will show up.

The sun finally came out after weeks of gray and gloom.

Jewels are washing up on the shoreline at Lake Michigan.

Walking out on the ice shelf is dangerous. The waves come up underneath and holes can open up that you could fall in. It's really hard to resist though, especially when it looks solid and like lots of other people made it.

In between all the melting snow hills, a feral chicken appears.

Melting snow hill, being broken up by sun and waves.

Goose in a hurry, afraid he's being left behind by the rest of the gaggle.

The orchard in the snowstorm will in a few months be carrying a coat of apple blossoms instead of snow.

Geese in the snowstorm, they could get out of the snow but seem to be enjoying it for now. When the temperatures drop as predicted they will huddle up out of the wind. Soon, when night comes, they will sit in the snow, pull their legs and feet up into their down coat, tuck their heads under a wing and when I find them in the morning they will have a coat of snow.

Lake Michigan with wind blown snow, ice shelves, and some gorgeous clouds.

Lake Michigan with ice and clouds.

Sunrise through the pines after the snow.