Now is the Time for Things to Slow Down

It is really spring now.  Despite temperatures below zero on Tuesday morning last week, the end of winter is nigh.  Robins are everywhere.  I heard Red Wing Blackbirds from the deck today, and saw and heard Sandhill Cranes overhead.  The Cardinals are Cheery.  And the snow is receding.  Even Kate ventured out beyond the vegetable garden this morning. 

Ironically, even though I've been hoping that time would pass quickly, and basically killing time, now I fear that I'm behind on lots of things.  I think we have to set up the greenhouse next weekend, though I'm not sure it will be warm enough to put things out yet.  I did cut back the geraniums in the light gardens downstairs, so they could put out new, fuller growth.  Still haven't gotten the cannas out, but maybe this week.  Re-potted a bunch of orchids today, after going to the North East Wisconsin Orchid Society show in Neenah.  We bought one new plant, a paphiopedilum, which I have never grown before.  We shall see.

We did hang out the new wind chime that I received as a gift at my retirement party in January.  It has  beautiful deep tone, an octave lower than the one that hangs in the gazebo in back.  I didn't want them to be competing with eachother, so we put this one in front, along the garage, outside the front door.  It looks comfortable there. 

I'm marking the progress of the melt with photos.  It is a nice, slow, civilized melt, nothing to set the creek outside of its banks.  That is good.  Below is the Sunday picture, I intend to add one each day this week around the same late afternoon time, to see how fast it really does go.