It requires very little imagination to see why young fern leaves are called “fiddleheads.” This one was unrolling in late April along the Trillium Trail in Fox Chapel.
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Fiddlehead
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Wooded Hillside, Mount Lebanon
A last glimpse of bare trees; in a week or so they will all have leafed out.
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A Cave
A small cave in a hillside in the Allegheny Cemetery. The worn path from the entrance indicates use by some animal—and indeed it would seem to be an irresistible shelter.
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More Daffodils
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Cherry Blossoms
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Bradford Pear Blossoms on Butler Street
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Forsythia
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Daffodils
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April Showers
Gentle showers in a woodland stream; then a thunderstorm in the city; and finally the waterfalls and bird calls of a perfect early-spring day after the rain.
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Pair of Garter Snakes
The Eastern Garter Snake is really quite a beautiful animal. It looks as if a graphic designer came up with it, following instructions from upstairs that we needed something zippy and modern-looking. Garter snakes are harmless to humans, but they are very good at reducing the numbers of small pests. These two snakes were wrapped together on a stream bank in the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott Township.
Camera: Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z3.
