Foxy and the flowers
Part 17,  2008.
 Spring
 

2008-05-02. I was feeling happy with the tulips. Spring did just arrive. The grass was not real green yet. And the gardeners had not put water in the fountain-pond yet. In the background the Ume River.

2008-05-01. It's spring! Now we will throw away the winter in the trash house!
2008-05-02. A gull floating on an ice floe. It looked so funny
2008-05-02. Now the gull was flying away. The sky was grey and then the river was grey too.
2008-05-02. Ove standing by the tulips in his hooded jacket.
2008-05-02. Ove going in the park.
2008-05-02. Beautiful tulips.
2008-05-02.  Rain pearls.
2008-05-02. Fuzzy buds.
2008-05-02. I bought  new tulips, 2 candle lights, Swedish flag  napkins and 2 crystal decorations.
2008-05-03. I hung out the flag for the first time this year.
2008-05-03. Blue anemones in the woods by work.
2008-05-04. One of the tulips I had in a vase.
2008-05-04. One of the tulips I had in a vase.
2008-05-04. One of the tulips I had in a vase.
2008-05-04. One of the tulips I had in a vase.
2008-05-04. The "wolf" Igor visited us. :-)
2008-05-05. The daffodils were in bloom.
2008-05-05. Daffodils.
2008-05-05. Fuzzy buds.
2008-05-05. The female saw me and came in land to get food.
2008-05-05. Here she comes.
2008-05-05. Tulip at campus.
2008-05-05. Tulip at campus.
2008-05-05. The female saw me again.
2008-05-05. The mallard couple. But the male never wanted to come to me. He always was in the middle of the pond. But the female always came to me.
2008-05-05. The female and daffodils.
2008-05-05. Here the female has a bit bread in her beak.
2008-05-06. Gulls and ducks in the park by the hospital.
2008-05-05. Gulls. These ones are black-headed gulls.  
2008-05-05. A close-up picture of a gull.
2008-05-05. Flying gull.
2008-05-07. I had her birthday and got these roses and Iris.
2008-05-08. The mallard female and a couple of golden eyes.
2008-05-08. The female saw me again.
2008-05-08. a couple of widgeon. They are afraid for people.
2008-05-08. A crow got a bit  of bread. The bit is in the foreground. but he did not dare to take it. I had to go away a bit before he took it.
2008-05-09. The pond was so peaceful early in the morning.
2008-05-09. In the morning the female came and I had no bread with her!
2008-05-09. The peaceful pond at lunch.
2008-05-09. The female followed me when I walked around the pond
2008-05-09. A widgeon and daffodils.
2008-05-09. A red tulip at Campus. Maybe it's the tulip named "Red Riding Hood. :)
2008-05-09. Tulips at campus.
2008-05-10. Me holding in a red Christmas rose on the yard. In the cold at spring they can grow here
2008-05-10. The red Christmas rose is gorgeous!
2008-05-10. I found these "things" on the Swedish white beam tree.
2008-05-10. This is real art.
2008-05-10. I don't know what this flower is
2008-05-10. I don't know what this flower is.
2008-05-10. Blue anemones on the yard.
2008-05-10. Small tulips on the yard.
2008-05-10. A close-up picture of a small tulip.
2008-05-12. The female was following me again.
2008-05-12. I gave the female a bit of bread in the water.
2008-05-12. The mallard couple.
2008-05-13. A cold wind was blowing. I was hidden in my hood. But it did not bother the ducks. The female saw me and called the others with a loud "Quack, quack! The female and 2 male were flying to me.
2008-05-13. Here a male soon will land on the water. The male also wanted food today but he did not go on land.
2008-05-13. There also were 2 Golden eyes in the pond.
2008-05-13. And a wagtail in the grass.
2008-05-13. There had been frost at night. It was bitterly cold. Suddenly it began to snow! Pour daffodils!
2008-05-13. Should the daffodils survive? Yes they did survive. It was only a shower and the snow did not stick on the ground.
2008-05-13. It still hurts when the buds burst.
2008-05-13. Hidden in my hood. The sky was dramatic dark.
2008-05-13. Suddenly I saw something standing beside me It was the mallard female! I gave her some bread.
2008-05-13. After it I smiled. The sky was still dramatic grey but there was hope for  spring.
Wilhelmina Schedin.2016-03-10