First Bluet

This season's very special find! My first 2022 bluet, a singular specimen, singularly beautiful. They will be all over my yard soon, in numerous clumps.

You may also know them as Quaker ladies - it is claimed that this name comes from the fact that they resemble the shape of the hats worn by Quaker women. I wonder if it's also because they huddle together in little clumps?

Lichen Love

Things that seem so ordinary and commonplace are really exquisite close up. Just look at how gorgeous this lichen-covered twig is

Textured Beauty

 

Here are some beautiful textures I noticed on my stroll down our boardwalk. The last week of March was positively Arctic - who said it would go out like a lamb, this one went out like a polar bear 😊

A little bit of sun drew me outside ... and then I regretted it! 

Refreeze

As March drew to a close, the cove water, which had finally become fluid, returned to a thin skin of ice on the surface each night. Look at how beautiful it looked.

The newly arrived wood ducks came to explore our cove the same day, and there were some parts where they had to walk on snowy ice.

Up until then, we hadn't been using our woodstove consistently on a daily basis, and so crystals began growing on the rim of our humidifying vessel where dissolved minerals were deposited. The encrustation around the edges of our water pot was quite intriguing.