Pink lupine, but you knew that.
Blue-purple lupine, with bumbler, with orange-red pollen.
I labelled this “mystery tracks,” then I checked the magic AI/online ID system, which indicates they’re raccoon.
In ATL, peonies were at this stage in early April, so over two months ago. That’s what latitude can do to plants!
We had an errand on the other side of the lake. We’re not motorboat-across people, so we drove around. On the way back we stopped at this new wheelchair-accessible structure for fishing, but we just looked at the water and surrounds. In the foreground, you may be able to pick out red foliage in the grass. That’s the remnants of the poison ivy that used to blanket the area before they dumped all the gravel, etc., here, and made modifications.
And here’s the lazy creek, with a promise of fish, if you read the signs.