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 winter survivor...new moss colony |
 late winter maple trunks |
 spring iris cluster |
 "quasi-rain forest" cherry tree branches |
 maple buds flowering |
 Maple buds, early flowering stage |
 flowering buds of maple tree |
 Spring...Kerria Japonica |
 spring blooming kerria japonica bush |
 spring rebirth...willow trees |
 star magnolia..final flower, first leaves |
 star magnolia..final flower, first leaves (again) |
 ancient cherry tree blooming again |
 cherry bouquet |
 cherry blossoms...ancient tree |
 cherry blossoms in their prime |
 cherry relics...possibly from early 1900's beach cottage |
 salmonberry bush |
 Salmonberry foliage |
 backlit maple forest ...spring rebirth |
 rhododendron season begins.. |
 Vanilla Leaf...Trent River forest trail |
 ash tree...edge of pond |
 Hawthorne...young tree |
 spring Hawthorne blossoms |
 bluebells and equisetum |
 emerging lupine blossoms |
 backlit lupine clusters |
 rhododendron |
 yellow loosestrife |
 lupine stem...hairy seed pods from sping bloom |
 BC native Bull Thistles |
 5 foot high wildflowers...common Vetch and Tansy |
 following an imaginary bee's approach |
 Common Vetch and Tansy |
 Tansy detail... |
 closeup...Tansy, bee and ladybug |
 thistle seed dispersal |
 thistle seed dispersal |
 thistle..."slow motion explosion" |
 late summer forest floor tapestry |
 thistle...new growth and old seed dispersal |
 seed dispersal finale |
 hibiscus bloom in rain |
 light rain decorating hibiscus bush |
 hibiscus |
 autumn forest light....still fresh green |
 autumn backlit ferns |
 autumn is arriving |
 autumn forest light...change is coming ! |
 seasonal palette change |
 last leaves of season...backlit |