Coltsfoot, Hepatica, Trout Lily

 Hepatica with bee

 Hepatica and trout lily leaves

Coltsfoot, not dandelions

Trout lilies

Erythronium americanum, Tussilago farfara, Anemone americana

Three Swans, Elora

 Three Swans in Elora, Ontario on Grand River, sometime before 1997, probably 1994.

Kids fishing (and smoking, didn't notice that!) with swans in background.

Hepatica, 2016

The hepatica (Anemone americana) is the first wildflower of the spring. Called the snow breaker in other languages, and also the liverleaf because of the first leaves dark colour and shape. The later leaves are green - I guess there's some kind of frost protection in the red leaves as they survive under the snow.

First Turtle of Spring

1st Turtle of Spring, Cooper Marsh Conservation Area. Turtle has been frozen under the ice all winter! Painted Turtle / Chrysemys picta marginata

Helicopter landing

April 16, 2016 - Someone wanted to visit his friends and landed in this field. Pilot said it gets 1 mile to the gallon.

Crocus

No driving and reefers here!

"To all Drivers... do not leave motors running or reefers" - It's not that the drivers are smoking dope on the loading dock - reefers is a slang term for marijuana cigarettes but also for a refrigerated truck or container.

Loading dock, Toronto, c. 1999

 This company, for example

Abandoned tractor and harrow, Elora, 1996

Tractor and harrow abandoned in pine forest near Elora, Ontario, c. 1996

Deer Crossing field near sunset

Music: At The Rift by Sergey Cheremisinov , licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License.