Very typically of this year’s winter and spring, and of course just after posting on the blog about signs of spring, snow happened.
This dim photo is from the evening of Tuesday 24th. We got about an inch. Very little is left now, though, so I really expect this to be it for the month.
Apart from the ladybugs, which have come out early (and in droves!) this spring, there are other, earlier-than-normal signs that spring is on the way.
Our roses are putting out their first leaf buds…
…the bulb greens are peeking out from the ground…
…plus, occasionally, we even see moths:
And just yesterday afternoon we were treated to the first turkey tom mating display of the season. Can’t deny that’s a sign of spring!
Wishing to you and yours good health, happiness and love. Stay safe.
For the U.S.: Happy Thanksgiving!
Iām taking a few days completely off to enjoy friends, family and food.
Stay safe.
I’m both amazed and delighted over how long wild flowers blossom around here:
Granted, they’re not terribly flashy like cultivated ones, but they do give bees and other pollinators sustenance long into the fall season and provide splashes of color, too. (We keep our yard purposely toxin-free for the bees.)
Today happens to be both Easter and Earth Day. Happy Easter Earth Day, then!
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on Flickr (CC BY 2.0).
If the above’s the Earth part, here’s the Easter part. š
Benson Kua on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).
I love both images, as different as they are.
Hope your week has started enjoyably!
While looking through my photos for the last snowfalls in recent years, I ran into this striking April sunset from a few years ago:
The little pond is just down the street from us. I quite like living in the woods! š
Now that I’m back to blogging, here’s the December 2018 recap.
Unusually, the first snow of the winter fell before Thanksgiving. It didn’t quite melt by the end of November, but for the most part the ground was bare and the weather warm for December.
We put my Christmas ornament projects to use. This year we decided on a rainbow-colored tree.
During our break we cooked, ate well and rested, of course…
…not forgetting to go outside either.
I really scored at my local public library this Christmas: ALL of the Downton Abbey seasons and ALL of the (so-far released) seasons of Call the Midwife were on the shelf!
Woot! š And we had a lovely, lovely period-drama-filled break.
Unfortunately, 2018 was a complicated year in terms of health. I won’t go into detail, but the situation is serious enough to have changed doctors, made my first visit to the ER and been introduced to the CT, EEG and MRI procedures. In addition, due to some baffling complications I haven’t been fully perky and/or upright for nine months. (Gosh, such a long time!)
I had hoped that continuing my treatment regimen AND enjoying a thoroughly guilt-free, restful Christmas would enable me to show these complications the door and wish them good riddance, but sadly that hasn’t yet happened. So, I’m going to have to continue with a lighter creative work load while taking care of myself.
What are you wishing most from 2019?
Best wishes for luck, good health and happiness to you and yours for 2019.
Stay safe.
Today is the Finnish Independence Day. We’re 101 years old!
As is our custom, I’m lighting two candles.
(In case you’re interested, here are my thoughts on the 100th anniversary.)
