Here are some photos I took on Friday while my (thankfully waterproof and hooded) jacket was still drying in the wind after the sudden rain. I also made
a Google+ album with these photos and a couple extra of the same series.
As you can see, it's full-on spring here already. :)
Whatever-this-tree-is in a brief quiet moment...
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4707.jpg)
... and a blur of motion in the wind again
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4708.jpg)
Birch catkins:
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4722.jpg)
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4730.jpg)
A little garden shot at an uncomfortable angle between the bars of the fence:
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4736.jpg)
And a tiny little wild something that wasn't meant to be there (a grape hyacinth):
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4747.jpg)
The wind had knocked off some of the linden buds.
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4748.jpg)
Almond blossoms in the fading evening light:
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4753.jpg)
Some
martenitsi on a cherry plum branch:
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4772.jpg)
More of the tree:
![](http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq49/bombyx_mandarina/PICT4773-1.jpg)