My favourite iris

Iris sibirica 'Butter and Sugar' blooming in the balcony garden

'Somei-yoshino'

pril is a promise
      that May is bound to keep.
     

~Hal Borland

 

'Somei-yoshino' photographed at Douglas Park, Vancouver BC, April 7th, 2011.

Ice berries

Except for a few scattered patches, blackened with grime,
the snow in Vancouver has melted --
back to grey, rainy, chilly days as November ends.
But I thought I'd put up the berries
because

...'tis the season.              

Orange tree

Acer palmatum - unknown cultivar, possibly 'Osakazuki'

Spindle tree berries

European Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaeus) berries

photographed on the False Creek seawall on the last day of summer, 2010