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Buds and eggs in defiance of winter

posted by Tim Nafziger on 04/06/09 at 12:02 AM

It's been snowing outside all evening. But I'm not worried, because I've been carefully gathering evidence of the arrival of spring for the last month. All these photos except two were taken in and around my apartment building. The captions include dates so you can follow along through this tour of a Chicago spring wonderland.

Snow drops


These snow drops on a lawn on Ashland, half a block away, were the first signs of spring I photographed on March 15.

Buds through mulch


I found these green sprouts pusing their way through mulch three blocks away on March 17.

Forsythia buds 3


The Forsythia buds all burst out of one spot in the branch as if they're all trying to fit out the same hole. Taken yesterday (April 4)

Forsythia buds 2


These Forsythia buds remind me of Yurtle the Turtle. They clearly got carried away. (April 4)

Fairy drops

My neighbor Lisa calls these fair drops and their all over the lawn outside her window. (April 4)

Forsythia buds

Three Forythia buds all in a row (April 4)

Tiny spring flower

These flowers are only about an inch wide, but they've got beautiful blue and white colors.

Buds and thorns

Even the thorns have buds.

Bunny pouring paint on eggs head

And, of course, Spring isn't complete without bunnies pouring green paint on eggs. Or is the egg crying green tears?

Easter eggs

More eggs

Red easter egg

Red Eggs

Mystery flowers

I'm offering a very special spring collection contest. The first person who leaves a comment (on The Mennonite, not Facebook) with the correct name of this flower will win a 8x10 print of their choice from my Flickr photo stream.

Nafziger_tim_2_thumbnail Tim Nafziger is a activist, writer, organizer and web developer. He lives in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago with his wife Charletta where he attends Living Water Community Church. He is the administrator for the Young Anabaptist Radicals blog and serves as Outreach Coordinator for Christian Peacemaker Teams. For more about his life, read his first blog post.

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  • Posted by glenn at Monday, April 06, 2009 at 06:14 PM

    Tim, Sure looks like a sunflower.

  • Posted by Cherylab at Monday, April 06, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    My guess is hyacinth?

  • Posted by timjn at Monday, April 06, 2009 at 10:59 PM

    Glen and Cheryl, good guesses, but not correct. Thanks for taking a close look though!

  • Posted by suecana727 at Monday, April 13, 2009 at 02:54 PM

    Chrysanthemum?

  • Posted by louie at Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 09:22 AM

    daisy...maybe even gerbera daisy?

  • Posted by bluepeony at Friday, April 17, 2009 at 03:17 PM

    That's my guess, too: I'm pretty sure that's a gerbera daisy. --Gina

  • Posted by timjn at Monday, May 25, 2009 at 01:45 PM

    Congratulation louie, you win the contest! It's a Gerbera daisy. Apologies for the delay in a response.