Daily Prompt: Lookin’ Out My Back Door

Look out your back window or door — describe what you see, as if you were trying to convey the scene to someone from another country or planet.

Our backyard is “Tree and Shrub Central” — a haven for the birds, and our attempt to recreate a bit of the forest. A pair of towering, 100-foot Douglas Firs–seeded decades ago near the fences–stretch up to the skies, while an eclectic mix of Viburnum, laurel, spurge, pyracantha, cotoneaster, and Mountain Fire shrubs of varying heights offer a colourful canopy and private retreat for feathered visitors from the rains that the West Coast is famous for.

A fallen feather in the forest.

Puget Gold Apricot Buds ‘n’ Blossoms

A closeup of Puget Gold apricot buds flowering during the third week of March (a chilly start to spring), with the original background removed and the subject isolated on a black background. Flowering this early with the threat of April showers to come, these buds may not bear fruit, but they are certainly lovely to look at.