common_nature | After the Storm

So it finally stopped raining here in the northeastern US! After a truly miserable weekend - half my friends have flooded basements - the sun was gloriously shining during my walk to the T this morning, and I took some pictures to share of Things That Are Growing. \o/!

Moss in the cracks:

[a photo peering along a brick fence, with moss growing in the cracks]
(My camera is not really good enough for this shot, but I tried.)

[a photo of the same brick fence with moss, from the top this time, with the city visible beyond it]

Daffodils are growing!

[an artsy photo of daffodil shoots in a bed in front of an office building; the brick columns of the flowerbed cast stark shadows across the flowerbed]

[a close-up of tiny daffodil shoots poking out of the ground]
This one caught my eye because it's pushing aside a solidified chunk of recently-sodden mulch to get to the sun.

[an open, upside-down umbrella, torn nearly in half, underneath a shrubbery with its handle pointed in the air]
No umbrella is safe from the hunger of THE SHRUBBERY.

This photo of the frozen Charles River is about a month old, but as I have no place better to post it I'm dropping it here.

[a photo of the frozen Charles River from the Mass Ave bridge, looking toward the Boston skyline]

Come on, Boston, bring me more spring weather!

Edited to fix invisible alt-text.