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Photos: Spring in bloom

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Katherine Tomanek and Andrea Teres-Martinez
A closer look at flowers blooming on branches, the outside tips of the soft yellow flora distinguishing the open blossoms from the closed in the afternoon at Silt Island Park on Monday.
Katherine Tomanek/Post Independent

Spring is here, which means dormant plants are beginning to bloom, new seedlings are sprouting out of the ground, and hibernating animals can be spotted waking up and roaming around. Enjoy some of the Post Independent’s snapshots of nature in early spring.

A bee works diligently at a barely blooming light yellow flower to pollinate and bring back ingredients for honey in the afternoon on Monday at the Silt Island Park.
Katherine Tomanek/Post Independent
Distinguished, bright green leaves on long branches shaken from the chill of winter, growing strong and ready to cover the slim branches from the sun at Silt Island Park on Monday afternoon.
Katherine Tomanek/Post Independent
Glenwood Springs flowers bloom in April, even under a gloomy sky.
Andrea Teres-Martinez/Post Independent
Colorado River flowers and plants grow taller under the April sun in Glenwood Springs.
Andrea Teres-Martinez/Post Independent
A Northern Leopard frog hides near the bank of the pond at Silt Island Park in the afternoon on Monday from playing dogs, nearby passerby, and anything that would disrupt its echoing rabbits to other members of its family.
Katherine Tomanek/Post Independent
The beginnings of yellow petals blooming in the sunshine at Silt Island Park on Monday afternoon signify that spring has set upon the mountains, despite snow that otherwise would trick you.
Katherine Tomanek/Post Independent
Landscaping around the Roaring Fork River at Veltus Park in Glenwood Springs.
Andrea Teres-Martinez/Post Independent
Blossoming Apricot trees in Glenwood Springs.
Andrea Teres-Martinez/Post Independent
Sunshine illuminates a path through Veltus Park in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday.
Andrea Teres-Martinez/Post Independent
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