Pink Dogwood

The dogwood flowers are just opening up in a day or two full bloom.

House on Warm Springs

Flowering Crabapple

The ground under the flowering trees are turning white and pink from all the petals.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot

Wildflowers are starting to bloom

Off to Robie

Racers on Reserve Street just after the start of the Race to Robie. 

Starts at Fort Boise and goes 13.67K (8.5 miles) over Aldape Summit a gain of 631.5m (2072 ft.) then another 7.4K  (4.6 miles) down to Robie Creek.

Race to Robie

37th annual race to Robie Creek

Critters

Saw these two on my walk yesterday

Ford

1940 Ford DeLuxe

Magnolia

Depot Tower

Another view of the Boise Depot

Roundabout

Roundabout up by the Boise Depot.  Made of mosaic the roundabout shows a compass with directions N, S, E, and W. and trees of the fours seasons.   In the center is a design that mimics railroad spikes.

Boise Depot

Reflections

Reflections of Castle Rock with Table Rock in a rainwater collection pond.

PLESE

Kids building a fort or something put up a sign to protect their work. 

Flood Control

Gates to manage water in case of flash floods.  Three large catch basins will control the water before it reaches these gates.  If the water gets this far it is diverted by berms and retaining walls down to the river. 

BFD

Boise Fire Department

Flowering Pear

House on a Corner

The sun came out today clear blue sky time for a walk.  Just a house in the neighborhood.

Smallish House

Buick

Rocks

Along a path in the neighborhood.

Flowering

Orange Cones

Spring Break for the local schools .  Here orange cones left on the playground of the neighborhood elementary school 

Found Art

More sidewalk art.

Local Art

 Children's sidewalk chalk artwork, kites and rainbows

Ostara

Vernal Equinox

Spring Garden

Somebody is getting an early start to their vegetable garden.

Group Picnic

A new picnic shelter in the park.

Marianne Williams Park

Promenade on the water front.  

Unsafe Ice

There are still a few signs of winter.

Spring Runoff

Cottonwood Creek with runoff from rain and warmer temperatures.

River and Snow

This is from a few years back.  The Boise River with snow along the greenbelt.

Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail in east Boise where the trail came off the desert into the valley.

Frosty

Freezing fog added a layer of frost to sagebrush and left the ground frost free.

Grimes Creek

Just off highway 21 at the Grimes Creek turnoff some 48km (30miles) from Boise. 

Idaho City #2

St. Joseph's Catholic Church - 1863 - Idaho's first Cathedral.   Sunny day in Idaho City.

Idaho City

Went to Idaho City to get out of the fog and low clouds of the inversion.  Warmer and lots of sun.

Squirrel

Ground squirrel cutout at the elementary school.   Part of a educational garden project about native plants and animals.

Donate

Idaho Youth Ranch donation box

Power Lines

Power lines down an alley with Tablerock in the background

Sunny

Most of the valley has been fogged in for a few days and may be for a few more, Meridian, Nampa, and points west.  But in Boise at least my neighborhood it has been sunny and a little bit warmer.

Duck Duck

From the photo archives.  

Ice

From the fountain at MK Plaza.

Heron

Great Blue Heron fishing in a small ice free spot.

Cattails

Bike Rack

Hunting

Camouflage boat that I am guessing it is used as a duck blind.

Ivy on Bark