The first part of April featured uncommonly cold temperatures and we had snow on the ground until a few days ago when temperatures finally zoomed up into the 20's. Trees are still bare and only the poplars are starting to show thicker buds.
The crocuses started blooming a week ago after the first
blooms were frozen out at -10C (Sheesh!).
In this patch, any crocus bloom is a bonus because the bulbs are favourite
chipmunk food.
I was thrilled to discover a miniature daffodil in bloom
today, with another one budding out nearby.
Jim’s daffodils are almost ready to make a spectacular show,
for they have multiplied over the years and are spread everywhere.
The teeny gardens in the back yard are also showing promise,
with alliums above the ground and evening primroses blooming.
Nature has come back in spades, with the coons coming back
(we saw three different ones yesterday).
I (accidently) drop dog food on a regular basis on the berm, and not
only the coons enjoy it—crows come by, coyotes come by, etc, etc, etc.
The phoebe is also checking the back wall of the garage,
where it nests almost annually. There
are two bases, and one intact nest, but it will take some time to determine
where the phoebe will finally choose. We
think there may be front yard phoebes and back yard phoebes, but we are not
sure. Generally they will build a new
nest each year, but reuse it if they have multiple broods.
Stay tuned for the malloysatlarge.blogspot.ca. We leave on Thursday April 21 to fly over to
Portugal for a two-week walking trip.
First post should happen Friday April 22 if I have enough post-jetlag
coherence to take pictures. If not,
things will start shortly afterwords!
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