Wildflowers, Caterpillars, and a Cow

This afternoon, we decided to take a little walk near our house. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the flowers are definitely beginning to bloom. Here are some of the pictures that I took.

To my mind, this is the most beautiful of all the wildflowers here in Israel: the כלנית kalanit ("anemone" or "wind flower" according to my dictionary). These beautiful red flowers beginning blooming early and continue to bloom for quite a while. And they are EVERYWHERE here in the North!

This is an extreme close-up of a big pile of caterpillars. These may not seem so beautiful to you now, but the butterflies that will come later are really nice, and we have quite a variety of them here, too.

Here's a picture of a cluster of pretty yellow flowers. In fact, most of the flowers blooming this early in the season are yellow flowers, including at least 3 or 4 different kinds.

Here's a nice cream-colored cow who was also out enjoying the lovely day.

This is a very tiny orange flower which is blooming now. On our walk, we saw hundreds of them. They are really very small, and this picture is an extreme close-up.

We saw quite a few of these maroon flowers blooming today, as well.

So, I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Actually, this is still early in the season. Over the next 2 to 3 months, there will be many more beautiful flowers blooming right here in our neighborhood! I'll certainly post more pictures throughout the glorious Spring season here!