SNOW

Snow? Sticking to the trunks and limbs of every tree and shrub early this morning. Goodness, will this be the last? Thankfully the moisture falling back on the farm is more liquid.
This visit will end in the morning and I will spend tomorrow going through air pressure and time changes.

Other Gardens

The rain was steady at 4:30 as I pulled out of the gravel lane, leaving the farm behind for a few days while I fly west to visit my parents and family. I arrived on a bright sunny day, but there is evidence of the recent heavy snows in the mountains surrounding the valley.
The forsythia is in bloom here too. The maples have the same red flowers opening, and the willows glow spring green with the flush of the opening leaves. My sister's garden is waking up. Everything waiting for just the right time for expression.
I will sit with my mother and father for these few days, enjoying the time to see them once again and wondering how I will weather the late winter of my life.

Fog, then sun

Jake, Zoe and I left the house under cover of a fog bank, which had descended to hug the fields.  The sun was shinning up above it all soon dissipating the fog to reveal the familiar outlines of the edges.

They ran ahead, it was a band of deer on the far side of the creek white tails up like white surrender flags.

I saw the beaver swimming home from a night forage.  Haven't seem him since last summer. 

The rains of yesterday are certainly gone and the air has warmed.

Eagle's Nest

I carefully entered the edge of the woods this morning to look up at the Bald Eagle's nest.  There was that magnificent white head up above the rim of the giant nest sitting  in the fork of  the pine.  I think the egg(eggs) may have already hatched by now and the parents are carefully watching over their young for the 2 to 3 months until they fledge.  

The hedgerow by the creek was alive with bird activity this morning as we walked.  Tits, robins, wrens, bluebirds, and all sorts of woodpeckers.  I saw the Pileated this morning, many more sighting in the last year than previously.  Hope that bodes well for the population.

Zoe and Jake were lively this morning on the walk, the cold temperatures seem to give them energy.

March Winds

The winds are strong from the North today, turning a bright sunny day to cold and blustery.  The mulch I have been spreading has that fabulous earthy smell that I love.  The birch trees where I am spreading it will thank me this summer when their roots find some shelter under the shade of the cover in the hot sun.  

The little Greigii tulips tucked into the south slope of the front garden are starting to open. Rather brave I would say, given todays chill.

The Goldfish and Koi are starting to circle the top of the pond looking for food, they are up off the bottom they inhabit all winter.  I will have to keep close watch on the herons.

The wild Turkeys are starting to feed on the edges of the fields.  The males are all made up ready to attract the females, who at this moment don't seem to notice them.  I would sure like to know where they hide out in the winter.  I never hear or see them in the underbrush of the leafless hedgerows.  

There is a tinge of red along the borders of the woods, the maple trees are in blossom and soon the door to the bee hive will be dusted with red paint from the pollen.