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Fascinating lichens

April 5, 2012 by Barb 16 Comments

Yesterday I went for a walk and took a different path – one that I’ve never taken before. On the whole, our landscape is brown, muddy, snowy and at first glance, not too interesting.

But if you keep an eye out – there is wonder and beauty everywhere. Amongst a tangle of fallen trees I noticed that there was a lot of lichen on the branches. There are all kinds of lichens and I’ve decided not to try to explain what they are – it’s a bit complicated and I don’t want to give false info.

I will simply say that I thought these fluffy tufts were fascinating – and I’ll leave it at that!

On this same walk I spied the quintessential harbinger of spring – our robin:

Now this is all well and good. Spring seemed to be in the air.

Not so. Last night Environment Canada issued a winter? storm warning for our area (whaa?? I thought this was spring . . .) This morning I would say there is a foot of snow on the ground. Oh my goodness. I’m going to have to bore you with more snow photos . . .

Filed Under: THIS 'N THAT Tagged With: birds, spring

Comments

  1. Coloring Outside the Lines says

    April 5, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Beautiful shots of the robin- such a pretty bird. That first shot is fantastic!

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  2. A Pretty Life in the Suburbs says

    April 5, 2012 at 2:29 pm

    I love these pictures!
    We got dumped on too – a good 4-5 inches. Yuck. But the sun is shining today, and the robins are singing!
    Jo

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  3. CameraCruise says

    April 5, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    Beautiful shots, love all of them.
    Have a wonderful day.
    Mette

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  4. Deanna says

    April 5, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Oh no, not snow again. And just when you thought it was Spring. Lovely shots, and I certainly don’t mind seeing your snow images!!

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  5. Susan says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Wow, I bet that robin was surprised! Love the last shot!

    The gate reminds me of all of the times I had to get off of my horse to open one of these. (I could open a metal gate from my horses back, but the wire ones were too unruly to trust.) It’s funny what pops into your head sometimes when you see a picture.

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  6. TexWisGirl says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    oh my. one more winter blast.

    love the robin on the fence photos!

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  7. Helene says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Great photos! And you can bet that robin was as surprised as you with the snow!

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  8. Heather says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Fantastic shots I love that first robin shot!

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  9. joo says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Robin is so pretty!

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  10. Evelyn S. says

    April 5, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    Please, Spring…come soon! That lichen is wonderful…such a large clump of it, too. The robins were here a few weeks ago,but I haven’t seen many lately. The grosbeaks and goldfinches have taken over my three feeders and the space below.

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  11. ArtMuseDog and Carol says

    April 5, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    Fantastic photography ~ weather has been ‘weird’ all over ~thanks, namaste, ^_^ linked w/This and That Thurs

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  12. Branson says

    April 5, 2012 at 5:30 pm

    Your blog is quite lovely! The header is wonderful! And I love the photos in this post :)

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  13. Connie Smiley says

    April 6, 2012 at 2:25 am

    Barb, those are gorgeous! It would be great to see some snow photos– you could never bore us with your great shots!

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  14. Nadege, says

    April 6, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I think the seasons have shifted sideways.

    Lovely shots of the robin and lichens

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  15. Angela Acosta says

    April 6, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    I sooooooo love that second shot.

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  16. Laura Delegal - Leroy Photography says

    April 11, 2012 at 2:59 am

    I love the last shot. All are great, but love the framing of the last. :)

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