hanging out

This cat insisted on posing for a photo.

He lives outside, swaying in the wind, smiling through good and bad weather.

patterns

I found it interesting to find flipped and almost reflecting patterns in the clouds and the lines of the shore.

along the coast in Odiorne Point State Park, Rye, NH

a carpet of flowers

Tiny flowers, known as glory-of-the-snow, form a carpet of purple.

to the sea

It was a day for a calming walk by the sea.

I headed to the New Hampshire coast without a specific stopping point, knowing (hoping!) that something interesting would catch my eye. I hopped out of the car at Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, NH, choosing to walk a loop starting along the coast and following an inland trail to return. The trails in the park are easy walking, the coastline not so much.

I wanted to get close to the tide pools which meant traversing the very loose rounded rocks along the coast. It was close to low tide when I arrived, slippery seaweed exposed. I walked across still brown sea grass and onto what appeared to be dry mud flats. I hoped the dried mud was in a state to hold a human walking. I was very lucky that it was; I had images of sinking up to my ankles in mud!

It was a wonderful day to walk along the coast. As I looked to the east and south I saw blue sky decorated with white clouds. Later interesting patterns of gray emerged, especially as I looked inland. I love the combination of an interesting sky and coastal scenery.

More photos from today can be seen in the gallery New Hampshire coast 2015 starting with this photo and ending here.

before the leaves

It's late April, just over a month since the spring equinox. Trees are just starting to show a blush of color, flowers before leaves, a celebration of spring.

flurries

What's that I see? Snow?

As I neared the end of my drive to work this morning I started to see bits of white hitting the windshield. A few snow flurries were decorating the air.

The forecast for today is for early spring temperatures topping out in the low 50s.
No snow!

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No, I wasn't imagining snow. Take a look at the Boston Globe (online) article:

You call this springtime? Yes, it snowed this morning in Boston

rabbit rabbit

I was delighted when this rabbit agreed to pose for my camera.

magnolia, open

Spring has been slow to paint the landscape with color this year, making the emerging flowers especially precious.

A magnolia reaches toward late afternoon light showing shades of pink.

watching

A cat sits safe at home, watching...

colors emerge

It's a month past the spring equinox; plants are waking up, starting to show their colors. This afternoon I saw a single forsythia wearing yellow and one magnolia tree wearing bright pink. Other plants of the same varieties are still wearing bare branches.

I was happy that a few plants decided to share bright colors today.