Definite visible signs of Spring in the last day of Winter!! We enjoyed a great walk along the outer trails of the park and cut across through the open soccer field towards the pond below. Everywhere were Indian plum in bloom and greening up with bright leaves. Their small blue oval berries are edible but have 3 big seeds and do not leave much for fruit pulp. We were excited to see the first signs of the salmonberry bushes producing vivid single petal, pink flowers at the top of the shrubs, luring the bees to pollinate. The understory in the shadier areas of the park were covered in small leaves of false Lily of the Valley, not yet flowering. Native Indians ate their small berries, but due their slight bitter taste, they usually mixed them with other more palatable berries like Salal berries. A recent wind blew down the newly blossoming flowers of the big leaf maples (samaras) which are edible and sweet and can be added to salads! Not much excitement at the pond that day, we did not spot the resident turtles, no signs of frogs, although the infamous and invasive bullfrogs may have eaten all other kinds of frogs in the last years at this pond