Duck sightings/hearings last week (and while we’re at it, we heard the tree frogs, too). I first “saw” them by finding a handful of their light colored feathers in the pond, and no bird body!
Fawn lillies and Trillium chloropetalum finally poking up. Goatsbeard, Wyethia (humble ears)and Fairybells also showing their ‘spikes’ of leaves.
Also, yesterday we got rid of a bunch of small trees and the pile of pruning branches I’ve accumulated all year (had the work done). Not too much foot damage to the plants, much appreciated, and it was also I think early enough to avoid most plant damage.
Our neighbor, the one who always whined about us taking out trees, now wants us to “window” out one of our pines. This may be an opportunity to deal – a couple of the their hemlocks need lowering to open up the view to the beach.
We had a late snow yesterday, after a couple of weeks of mild weather. But it looks like everything is still doing OK.
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