3/7: oh, the little flowers

An afternoon walk on the ridge ended up being a survey of the flowers blooming so far this spring: speedwell, spring beauties, violets, snow-drops, crocuses, daffodils, chickweed, heal-all, buttercups, and dog-tooth violets. In a neighbor's yard there was a positive blanket of dog-tooth violets--something I don't remember from last year, and something I've not seen anywhere else.