Early Spring

Last year I posted a lot about how LATE spring was, this year it is the opposite.  No doubt, if you are a regular reader, you have noticed that we haven't had any ice on the lake this year. This spring, the purple carpet of flowers is a month early.  From 3/26/12.

Backblogging: Color Wheel

A beautiful wheel of color in a lakefront park. That blue stripe on the Horizon is the Lake. From mid-July.

A Lake of Purple

“Yet marked O where the bolt of Cupid fell.
It fell upon a little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound,
And maidens call it love-in-idleness.”
A Midsummer Night's Dream

These beautiful carpets of purple flowers are infesting lawns up and down the lakefront.
See the lake in the background? A bonus post to honor the Bard's birthday.

Scenic Route

Biked in to work today. Lucky me.

Prairie Meets Lake

I was struck by these beautiful prairie flowers right near the shore.
Some might call them weeds.
I think they look especially great up against the baby blue water.
Makes me wish I was a painter.