While working on a blog post from Hawai'i today, I came upon this draft post that I thought I'd posted a month or so ago. Sorry it's a little out of date.
Here in Edmonds this time of year, we have change. Changes in the weather, in politics, in COVID, and in the economy. For today's post, I think I'll stick to the weather and vegetation.
Sunday morning we had blustery weather off the water to the west, blustery weather off the mountains to the east, rain falling sideways, sleet, sunshine, and more bluster. In the afternoon, the precip stopped and the sky cleared enough for the sun to promise a little warmth, so I decided to go for a walk.
Striking off south, I passed the Edmonds City Park then turned west following the route ferry traffic takes when it comes southbound through the city.
The traditional "sakura" cherry blossoms finished about a week ago. These double red cherry blossoms are just opening. They are beautiful but leave a mess when the multiple petals fall.
The lilacs were making good progress and would have begun opening by now except the warm spell ended and the cold switch has them in hibernation until the weather changes back to warm in a few days.
There is a large pear tree not far away. The owners haven't pruned it so it has many blossoms and only a few mature pears. It's a grand sight when it blooms.
The city park service encourages native flora (and fauna, for that matter).There are a lot of evergreen trees, so in their shade the wild currant grows leggy but has a nice crop of flowers about now.
Where Shell Creek crosses under Third Avenue there is a double culvert under the fill that levels the street. On either side the ground drops quickly down to creek level. This Big Leaf Maple reaches up and out over the sidewalk where it posed for this shot. The flower stalk is good to eat. I've had it in maple ice cream and it makes good tempura.
Barberry is common around here.
These youthful grape hyacinth was bidding farewell to the tiring daffodils.
About now my camera twisted my arm to take extra photographs.
