A Brown Bunny Amongst the Green

Design - "Brown Bunny"
Designer - Ewe & Eye & Friends
Fabric - 32 count Wichelt Cream linen 
Fibers-Anchor - 1 thread over 2 strands
Started - 27 April 2012
Finished - 2 May 2012

I enjoyed this monochromatic stitch - even the 'over one'.

While the stitch is brown, outside everything is SO green!  Let me show you...

Fresh green leaves are overcoming the gray moss.

I tend to think that only 'ornamental' or fruit trees bloom, but that is not the case.  The Big Leaf Maples are in full bloom.  

The hanging blooms are quite pretty, and are a food source for several different kinds of birds.

The Hawthorne is leafing out.  It should be blossoming in a month or so.  

The Pacific Ninebark is also leafing out, and buds are forming too.

Brand new Vine Maple leaves are crinkled and folded.

The Vine Maple has a pretty red blossom.  I'll bet the hummingbirds make a bee-line for it.

I like the contrast of the bright green Vine Maple leaves, and the dark green moss-covered rocks in the creek.

The Corn Lilies are such tremendous structural plants.

The Fragrant Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora) is everywhere, though not yet on bloom.

Wild Lupins - they'll be June performers.

I'm trying to decide if this is Hemp or Salal.  When it blooms I can figure it out for sure. 

Fiddle sticks - I mean Fiddle heads!  The new Sword Fern fronds are very cool.

And the Bracken Fern fronds are interesting too.

Out of nowhere it seems, the Blackberry vines are lush with new growth.  Does that portend a good crop of berries this Fall? 

The Scouring Rush are growing straight and tall.

So many shades of green!