Hello spring, I remember you. Quiet joy in flower form.

Fox-and-cubs 🌱 #nature #flower

A white tail doe was snooping too close to a wild turkey. First the turkey fluffed its feathers, then fanned its tail, then flew up in the doe’s face. 🪶🦃 #nature #bird

Swallow tail on a tiger lily 🌱📷🌸 #nature

Metallic green bee on a crimson-eyed rosemallow 🌱 #nature

There was a bobcat hunting in our yard early this morning! The squirrel narrowly escaped. 🌱 #nature #wildlifephotography

Queen of Hearts 🌸🌱

The Lilies are blooming here in Minnesota. 🌱 #nature 🌸 #bloomscrolling

North Shore of Lake Superior woods walk 🌱 #nature #woods #walk #lakesuperior

Tall bluegrass on the lakeshore (in green) 🌱 #nature

Iris joy here in Minnesota 🌱

Tall meadow grass shimmering with dewdrops in the morning sun. 🌱 #nature

Chives 🌱 #nature

Wild native columbine 🌱 #nature

Three different insects on Mirabilis with the stunning pink blossoms. The striped antennae give one insect away. 🌱 #nature #insects

Wild rose with a bright green fern backdrop that is totally out of focus with the depth of field from the 600mm lens. 🌱 #nature #photography

Morning glory and a bee 🌱 #nature

Wild lupine (Lupinus perennis), resplendent in shades of purple. I hope to see a Karger Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)this summer with all of the wild lupine. I did see one in this field a few summers ago. 🌱 #nature

Minnesota lake time #nature

Sunset from the canoe #nature

Delicate little blossoms of Prunus tomentosa (a type of hardy cherry that will grow here in Minnesota). 🌱 #nature

More photos of the fox kits in my back yard. I make noise going out the door as I certainly don’t want to surprise the vixen. 🌱 #nature

There is a fox den 40-50 feet from my house. The five baby fox are fun to observe (from inside). They are digging up a new garden area around an old stump. 🌱

Azalea with sunlight filtering through the petals 🌱 #nature

Such a delicate little Virginia Spring Beauty. Visiting Ohio and the wildflowers are just so wonderful right now. In some forests, the woods floor is carpeted with Virginia Spring Beauties 🌱 #nature

Trout lilies Visiting Ohio (much warmer than central Minnesota) and there are so many flowers! A spring reprieve 🌱 #nature

Pussy willows 🌱 #nature

A brilliant bronze-orange sunrise just after ice out on the lake 🌱🌅 #nature #sunrise

Branches and shadows in the snow 🌱 #nature

Walking in the woods as the snow melts 🌱 #nature