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Winter is leaving (I Hope)

There is about a foot and a half less snow on the ground than 5  or 6 days ago.  Melted fast last Wednesday through Friday, and the creek rose to semi-scary height.  But Friday night temps went below freezing again.  Warm and sunny during the day, colder at night.  Good for slow melting and not flooding.  Can actually get out to the compost without too much effort.  Oh, and there are Robins, Redwing Blackbirds, and Grackles in the yard.  Saw a Sandhill Crane fly over a couple of days ago and heard some each day since.  Geese flying north and lots of ducks.  Love it!  Don't have a lot of pictures to share yet, but here is one from just before the creek exceeded it's banks.  Came up another foot or so, about 25 or 30 feet across, before it receded back to about this.

November 3, Seriously?

Lots of reblooming and still blooming going on, all over the yard.  We've had a couple of frosts, lost tender stuff, tomatoes, peppers, etc.  But many things are still poking out flowers, even after the plant had been cut down once.

Pretty in Purple

The yard is growing amazingly this week.  We got about 3/4 of an inch of rain last evening and night, and that surely helped.  It had been pretty dry.






The Ajuga is especially beautiful this year.  I think because we didn't have a spring flood to muddy things up.  Look at June 1st last year  to see the difference.  Here are some other shots from today.              

June 1, 2015 - Amazing Growth

Things are really growing fast!  I can’t believe how much the yard has changed since May first.  Here are some shots of the yard taken on June first.

New Flowers this week

There are many new things blooming and lots of things budding and pushing up shoots.  The warm weather this week is making Spring come quickly.  Just hope everyone stays careful until after the possible frosts we will be having next week.  But the rains we expect will be a good thing.

Daffodils and Bloodroot.  Had both in the yard for many years.

Not sure what these blue bulbs are.   The pink flowers are one type of Pulmanaria   And Forsythia of course.

 

There are also several Frogs in and around the pond so far.  No singing yet, but they do hang out on the cattail pot every day. 

Update a day later:  The frogs sang all night last night, and today there are at least twice as many in the pond.  Three pairs are hitched together, and soon I think we’ll have a lot of frog eggs in the shallow water.  The fish are already excited! 

Crocuses, Snowdrops and Squills, OH MY!

All have arrived in the last week, along with the Winter Aconite and many sprouting bulbs of tulips, daffodils, alliums, etc.  Nice to see.