Plant or animal?

Something is emerging from the earth in my garden…Recognize the plant? Doesn’t it look prehistoric and reptilian?

Showy entrance

I have no idea what type of tree this is. I don’t recall ever seeing this around us in NW Ontario. We were returning from a business trip to Minneapolis MN and stopped for dinner in Forest Lake MN. These delicate seed strings were swaying ever so gently in the setting sun like hula skirts at a luau.

Black or white

It’s odd how ice can appear one or the other.This puddle in my drive way lies on gravel and has a pocket of air under it. You know the kind, the ones you smash under your feet as kids.This one was on my neighbour’s paved driveway. The less porous surface left no room for air to be captured underneath.

No doubt by the time these shots are posted today, the warmth of the sun will have transformed the solid to liquid and maybe even vapour!