Nostalgic Projection of Spring Soon to Come – Part 2
The grass is starting to grow. The grey cover of our yard is showing a hint of green. The raised garden beds have been prepared for the spring season. Soon it will be the time for planting the cold weather crops. Our strawberries are getting busy developing their buds and promise a bountiful harvest. This is the second and final instalment of my excursion into my archives. Today I am focusing on daisies, violets, a tiger lily, and an unknown beauty. Enjoy.
The Peter and Gertrud Klopp Family 
Splendor is the word. Lovely Peter
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Schöne Blüher sind das! Und eure Erdbeeren haben Knospen? My strawberries are showing one measly green leaf each, that’s it … 😀
The unknown beauty could be a “mimulus guttatus”, if the flowers are really small. As your photo is of such a good quality, I used my plant identification App (free of charge called “LeafSnap”), which gave me several results, only this one was the one that resembled most.
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Vielen Dank, liebe Birgit für deine Bemühungen! Ich habe bei Wikipdia mimulus guttatus gefunden und die Blume sieht der von meinem Blog verblüffend ähnlich. Einfach toll wie die App LeafSnap die Blumen identifizieren kann!
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Our daffodils are starting to sprout, and the trees show signs of budding. I am so ready!
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I don’t think I have ever seen a beetle like that! The ‘unknown beauty’ is also unusual, I haven’t seen a plant like that either. Interesting.
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Beautiful colors. And that beetle is an interesting-looking fellow!
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Peter, thank you for sharing the beautiful flowers from your archives. It is lovely to anticipate the flowers. So enjoy looking at their bright colors! Happy Springtime!
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Hope that you will soon experience warmer weather.
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I am looking forward to it. We have had snow storms with travel warnings the past 3 weeks. It is snowing now. It will melt by the end of April or early May. Happy Resurrection Day!
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Hallo Peter, das sind ja wieder traumhafte Blumen- und Blütenfotos. Bei euch scheint das Frühjahr schon weiter zu sein und Gänseblümchen, Veilchen, Tigerlilie stehen in voller Blüte. Liebe Grüße nach Kanada. Wolfgang
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Unsere Veilchen werden sich bald wieder sehen lassen. Vielen Dank, lieber Wolfgang!
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Nice pictures, Peter! I think we went from Winter to Summer this year, skipping Spring. 85 degrees today!
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I prefer a slow transition from winter to spring to summer.
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I don’t know much about beetles, but I recognized this one as a flower beetle. The antennae are the clue. Here’s a photo of a different species that has that same sort of club-like end to the antennae. I’ve caught a couple luxuriating in pollen just like this one is.
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Thank you!
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Könnte ein Trauer-Rosenkäfer sein, Peter!
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Interessanter Name!
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Ja, so heisst der. 🙂
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Love that polleny beetle on the daisy. Like you, I am quite eager for the return of spring and summer flowers to marvel upon…and photograph.
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Just wow. This should brighten my day.
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Astounding. Thank you for sharing Peter! The wealth of the natural world.
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