Some Spring Signs...

YIPEEE!

The sweet little Crocus, is alive again...

Well friends, a lot has happened in the last two weeks and of course Spring has most definitely revealed even more of her lovely and refreshing self, to this ol' Nature Observer, since my last entry in here...

This spring, same as last year, the beautiful, yet unassuming little common Crocus, has been the first flower to poke through the ground in my local hood. Yup, this darling little toughy has been known to pop up right beside a chunk of ice or old snow even, in it's desire to seek the welcome warmth of our sun's powerful spring rays. Man, now That's determination and fortitude, if plants can indeed possess such qualities, which I believe, they can and do! :-)

White Water...

This is a view from about twenty five feet above the shoreline of the Wild and swiftly flowing, Petawawa River and there's No ice anywhere. She's free to run right now, if you're into the wild river, white water canoeing thing... :-)



I may get out this afternoon to explore my little spot up by Pinecrest to see if the Fiddleheads are starting to pop yet, if the weather holds up. She's pretty cloudy and really windy out there right now though...

later,

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O.K. It's later, :-) (2:30P) and I've just come back from the Pinecrest corridor and the sun even managed to come out for a little while out there. :-) It's a good thing I had my trusty Titanium jacket on to-day because the wind was certainly quite chilling.

I had only been in the damp woods about 7 or 8 minutes when suddenly, Lucky ol' me found my first specimens of Wild Leeks, pushing their way upwards through the old leaves, in a tiny little, sun exposed spot about five feet across. They are obviously, JUST now starting to appear. Next week-end will be perfect if it's sunny at all this coming week!



I plucked a few tender samples, field dressed them easy like and then popped one into my mouth, right there on the spot. That by the way, is one of my tests for the BEST Wild Edibles. If I can eat it RAW, without any cooking or whatever, then it's at the top of my list for hunting and harvesting. :-)

Aren't they just a gorgeous little plant?