PHOTOS: Welcoming spring

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Local Color performs at Spirit Mountain Retreat during the Spring Equinox celebration last Sunday afternoon. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Local Color performs at Spirit Mountain Retreat during the Spring Equinox celebration last Sunday afternoon.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
An Evening Grosbeak on Thom and Barbara Wallace’s nyjer feeder last Friday. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this finch is declining in numbers and becoming more uncommon, particulary in the Eastern United States. Photo by Thom Wallace
An Evening Grosbeak on Thom and Barbara Wallace’s nyjer feeder last Friday. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, this finch is declining in numbers and becoming more uncommon, particulary in the Eastern United States. Photo by Thom Wallace
A field of poppies sprouted up in Pine Cove recently. Photo by Lindsay Speed
A field of poppies sprouted up in Pine Cove recently. Photo by Lindsay Speed
In the garden at Spirit Mountain Retreat and with locals in attendance, Executive Director Mary Morse lights a ceremonial candle to commemorate the spring solstice on Sunday. Photo by John Drake
In the garden at Spirit Mountain Retreat and with locals in attendance, Executive Director Mary Morse lights a ceremonial candle to commemorate the spring solstice on Sunday. Photo by John Drake

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