More Crocuses

On Sunday I posted a photo of a solitary crocus, but just to show you that it was not alone, here is what I came upon shortly after I took Sunday's photo.

Crocus!

So I went down to Beacon Hill Park today to see if I could find anything to photograph and look what turned up. It's a bit early but maybe these crocuses know something we don't. In any case it was a joy to see. Oh, please notice the smooth unfocused background in this photo. That creamy bokeh is thanks to that little lens I mentioned yesterday, the Helios 58mm.

Crocus Weather

Well, it's still rather gray and wet but it's getting warmer every day.

Crocus

No selection of spring flowers would be complete if I left out one of my favorites, the crocus. As usual in the spring, large areas of Beacon Hill Park are dotted with these splendid little flowers.

Fine...weather...today...heh heh

I'll never complain about the weather again this year. I promise. After yesterday's ill-considered gripe about the temperature I woke this morning to view a blizzard outside my window. Yes! Snow! About two centimeters of the fluffy white stuff. I immediately went back to bed and slept until noon. Most of it is now gone but I snapped these crocuses peeking out just an hour ago. Strange weather!

...the darling buds of May

And it's only March 4. Monday's bunny has got lots of young green shoots like this to eat in Beacon Hill Park. Crocuses are popping up everywhere. Daffodils and rhododendrons are just starting to come. The miniature horses and goats at the Children's Zoo were out enjoying their paddock and their tiny kids were bouncing around on stiff little legs like they were on springs. Spring was definitely in the air.

Crocus Focus

(Or should that be croci foci?) So often when we are focused on one thing we miss other things. Yesterday when I was photographing the cob bench in the community garden I was so concentrated on the bench that I nearly stepped all over these first little harbingers of spring. Though it's still freezing at night, the days lately have been bright and sunny. The buds are swelling on the trees....