Front door

Asters

I spent some time in the woods last Saturday.  I am looking for places to take photos of the fall color.  I love the woods this time of year.  It is dry and there are so many flowers blooming.  I found these along the brick yard trail in Lilydale park.  I also found clumps of them blooming along the river bluff in Cherokee park in St. Paul.  They are in shades of white and blue and the dark purple New England asters just started blooming.

State Capitol Rose Garden

The roses are in bloom on the grounds of the Minnesota state capitol building.  There are several gardens on the grounds and a lot of sculptures too.  The best time to visit is on Sunday morning.

Lilacs

It is a shame that the Lilacs only last about a week.  They are fading fast but they still smell amazing.

Kellogg Plaza Park

Last Wednesday was probably the most beautiful day we have had this year.   I took this in Kellogg Park downtown where it was snowing flower petals.  The smell is amazing.  I love the parks in St. Paul and I have a page with park photo galleries.

Apple Blossom

If you don’t like photographs of flowers it might be best to stay away from my photo blog for the next week or so.  There are so many flowers blooming right now . .  I have always loved apple blossoms they just scream spring!

wood anemone

I got out on my bike on Friday and headed for the woods to hunt for wildflowers.  I found a few species blooming in  Battle Creek Regional Park.   The wood anemone likes to grow in clumps in wooded areas.  These were growing at the base of a tree.

Have a happy mothers day.

I did not notice it until a couple of days after I wrote this post but this plant it blood root not wood anemone.

Cineraria

This week I am going to try and post colorful photos with as little white in them as possible.  These are blooming at the Marjorie Mcneely Conservatory, also known as Como Park Conservatory.  I could dedicate an entire photo blog to the conservatory. There is so much to see and it is all free but I leave a couple of bucks in the donation box every time I go.  These flowers are part of the winter flower show which is followed by my favorite flower show if the year the spring flower show.

unidentified

I saw them while I was walking the dog.