Over 7000 runners headed out from the start line. Fleur-Ange (Eglantine) was on a pedestrian overpass about 500 metres from the start line when she took this photo. I was somewhere near the back of the crowd you can see. Four minutes of runners had already gone past.
I did a 10 kilometre run for a 3 person relay. Most of the runners you can see here were doing the whole 30 kilometre run.
An early view of an Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis) just up. Bloom time may be a week or away depending upon the weather.
Temperatures were up to + 18 C (64 F) on Friday but down to below freezing Sunday. I suspect this Garter Snake is well underground again. We had a skim of snow on the ground this morning and no snakes in sight.
Unseasonably warm here yesterday.
Anyone know what kind of spider this is?
Saw the first Mourning Cloak butterflies here yesterday and the Silver Maple, Aspen, and Willows are all blooming. The American Woodcocks are calling morning and evening and Robins, Killdeers, Grackles, and Red-wing Blackbirds are all here and in full song.
Too bad I cannot add the sound to this as the coyotes were serenading a train as I went out this morning. I liked the look of the crescent moon coming through the twigs in the trees.
