Early Spring Views at Paramount Park

Spring Green is in Fashion!
Indian Plum Leaves Are on Full Display.

Reflections of Early Spring at Upper Paramount Pond

Paramount Park is a "Headwaters Wetland" and is a vital part of the Thornton Creek Watershed.

In 1998, the Paramount Park Neighborhood Group worked with KC Waterworks and other partners including the City of Shoreline to enhance the wetland by building two wetland retention ponds.

This brought a neglected and degraded area to life and created valuable wildlife habitat while 

improving water quality.

Large Woody Stump is Part of Life Springing Forth

Is there anything lovelier than the tentative but determined progress of SPRING! At Paramount Park it is fun to take a quiet walk and focus on details.

False Lilly of the Valley near Littles Creek

Tiny buds are emerging.

Red elderberry buds at Paramount Park

Around the ponds life is thriving!

Small Tree has bent over the upper pond because of the wet spring.

Take a walk. Even on a rainy day it is beautiful! 

Look closely and notice small things. Water bugs are emerging.
They are the sign of healthy ecosystems.

After The Storm - Crystal Bright Morning

Views!


Some people go to great lengths to get trees out of their views. On a spectacular morning like we had today, after a brief hail storm, we are delighted to view the trees across the street in Paramount Park. Lots of ordinary native trees, like Red Alder, Cottonwood, Vine Maple, Western Red Cedar, Indian Plum and Bitter Cherry and a Birch in our front yard. Even the darned blackberry and ivy look lovely coated with a crystaline coating of ice.


Oh yeah, I even have two Avacado trees in my living room. 

Trees are a joy.
Enjoy!