springtime is purple

Our German winter isn't finally through, but it definitely made a break last week with a lot of sunshine and temperatures up to 18°C... ;-)

But our nature seems to be fed up with wintertide, especially the crocuses can't abstain from coming to light.

In the spa gardens of our hometown we've a sea of purple gems currently...

...composed of tens of thousands of shining floral stars.

For next week the weathermen promised us to get cold temperatures and snow showers again, but more or less the winter is on its last lap.

So let's enjoy our sea of crocuses...

...as long as their blossoms cheer our eyes with their marvelous colours.

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Greedy for spring!

Now that sunshine, a mostly blue sky and moderate temperatures finally have arrived in our part of planet Earth after the long and monotonous winter, I was looking eagerly for the first harbingers of spring in my familiar surroundings.

What I did not expect was to find a "fellow traveller": a brimstone butterfly.

It was as greedy for the first crocus blossoms as me.

But fortunately there were more than enough crocuses for us two on the spa gardens meadow of our choice.

While I tried to pick out only the most beautiful crocus blossoms with my camera lens, the brimstone butterfly seemed to be less choosy.

...cleared for takeoff!