Will Spring Ever Get Here??

We went in search of spring today.  Looking for those tangible signs that winter is behind us.  It snowed this morning. Hard for a while, but didn’t stick.  Late March and it’s snowing.  The tough thing is the snow in the mountains.  Like last year, the snows came heavy and late.   As a result, most of our alpine hikes weren’t available till August or later.  Growl. 

Jodi's sharp eye caught a river otter under the bridge, but I had the wrong lens on and couldn't get a clear shot.  It was in the middle of a meal.

We have some sort of turtle.  The shell is about the size of a dinner plate.

Wild flower first after winters ravage,

Deep in the forest, blooms skunk cabbage

Wrinkled noses react to its funk

Yellow veil smells like skunk

Spring is coming out of the fog

When cabbage blooms in the bog