15 - Buckthorn in Bloom 2010 (5 x 7 in. Oil on canvas, framed) 31 March finds me crouched

31 March finds me crouched over another scene of spring vigour in the Rhubarb patch

We are past the places where we have the pipeline route mapped - so today we navigated by dead reckoning and were pleased to find signs for six parallel pipelines as they descend into the wide Pipestone valley

right where it was growing

sitting just downslope from this perky red capped fungus

15 - Buckthorn in Bloom 2010 (5 x 7 in. Oil on canvas, framed) 31 March finds me crouched20 May 2010 finds me "Out Back" of our house in Bishops Mills, to see what Buckthorn flowers look like tiny yellow stars where each bunch of oval leaves emerge on the twigs. Read more