Snails

Early Summer of 2006 was very wet here.
They were everywhere.

Flash Frozen

While much of the country got snow on Wednesday, we got rain. Lots of rain after 2 inches of snow/sleet over frozen ground. Then the temperature dropped very fast. So fast that the runoff was frozen in place.
This is not flowing water, it is all ice.
I shot these the next day near sunset, it was 17 degrees at the time and very windy. The wind chill was below zero, too cold to worry much about camera settings.

First Amaryllis Flowers

This is the first time this baby 'Apple Blossom' bulb has flowered.

It was a little sprout on the original bulb, 4 years ago. It bloomed exactly 4 weeks after being planted. They usually take 6 weeks or more. I have a big 20 year old red one slowly waking up.