Just a Few Scenes from Today

My usual Sunday jaunt down to Ballard Park and Gooseneck Cove. The foliage is now full and there's lots of shade. There was a nice cooling breeze out of the NW but it was still a warm day.

In Ballard Park the trails are fully shaded now, and the forest floor has the usual shade-grown plants...

like Canadian Mayflower:


and Lily of the Valley:

and this fern in the process of unfurling:

While overhead in the trees the birds feed and keep watch and call out. Two Eastern Towhees stopped feeding on tree blooms long enough to call to each other as I came through the area. There was a male:


and a female:


On the floor of the old quarry the meadow is growing in quite well. Along the fringe where the grass is short there are Indian Strawberries:

and Yellow Wood Sorrel:


While out in the tall grass of the meadow itself the Red Clover is beginning to bloom:


And along the trails the Honeysuckle is in full bloom, perfuming the air:


Down on Gooseneck Cove the result of the May foliage burst is very scenic:


And in the short grass by the side of the road the Scarlet Pimpernel is beginning to appear:


Tomorrow - Memorial Day - I'm going to climb the memorial tower in Miantonomi Park on the north end of Newport, and you're invited along. Make sure you have your Wheaties for breakfast!