Soon, I have to leave the house in Gatineau Park where I have been living for the past few months. It has been so lovely to be surrounded by forests and to have network of trails right out the back door.  I’ve been gobsmacked lately by the remarkable transformation  and renewal of spring that has happened in my back yard.  The view from my hammock, where I have been doing some reading, has changed drastically.

This was all the more poignant because I went away for a week just as things were beginning to sprout and when I came back everything had changed. See for yourself in the photos below.

Before:

After: