Walking between the raindrops

We were dragging and up late. But we had a chance to walk before the next wave of storms and we took it.

The sun broke through the cottony cloud-cover off and on. The earlier shower cannot have been too hard as dry sections of street and sidewalk gave witness to rain that did not break through the trees. Still, too wet to mow, the grass in our yard mocked me.

Few cars passed and many neighbors were still abed (the papers were still wrapped in plastic, abandoned in the yard, waiting for rescue before stray dogs have their way).

We made it to the park and found so many things blooming or budding. Of course, I had allowed my camera battery to run down so I was forced to borrow DH's phone.

I missed the raindrop hanging at the edge of the leatherflower bloom.

I ignored the dark green globes of immature chinaberries (They "deserve no such attention."*).

Here's some of what we saw:

Leatherflower buds, tiny hot-air balloon shapes amid greens of the woods.

The drop had dropped, but this bloom was still bright in the sunshine. Finding these in our park woods has been such a treat.

Tiny pecans just starting to form (center of photo).

 NOTES:

* Borrowed from Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin