Bloodroot with pollinator
(bloomed April 17th in 2011, April 4th in 2010)
The Wild Leek patch
Leatherwood flowers
(bloomed April 10th in 2011)
Spicebush flowers
with spiderling silk - sunlight catches silk all over the yard
I caught a frog smoking at the pond. He's grounded for two weeks.
This one is well-behaved -- just hangin' out.
Virginia Bluebell buds
(buds on April 10th in 2011)
Bees pollinating the Wild Plum trees
The two nests of baby Raccoons will appreciate the bees' efforts in a few weeks
(if a hard freeze doesn't return).
10 comments:
Hi Jain..All your flower are so and delicate looking..love them all !! Really pushing the season though compared to the last few years...I don't know what's going to happen here we are having a week of temp's way above normal..80 degrees they are saying for Thursday ..
I busted out loud laughing at your smoking frog ...how funny is that ; } lol...
Enjoy
Grace
Love the smoking frog! Actually, love the all the photos and piece.
Early? That doesn't even seem to come close to what we're experiencing. I was just sitting here this morning thinking how we've already had 80˚ weather and it's still winter! Wildflowers are popping, many nearly two months early! I'm already seeing stuff here that I normally don't see until late-May. This is way more than just an early spring…it's like most of spring is already over and we're about to go into summer!
A two-week jump on the season is one thing—a welcome gift, enjoyable, like beating the system. But a six-week, no-winter deal…that's wrong, and kinda scary. No, actually, a lot scary, at least to me. I can't enjoy this for wondering what it all means—and I just hang around with a puzzled looking on my face and the sinking feeling that I'm missing something big and important and ominous…like that hanging frog.
Hi, Grace! I'm tempted to start my garden but we could still have frost in the next 8 weeks. Or not! Who knows?! Glad you were amused by my juvenile delinquent frog. ;o)
I'm with you, Grizz, this heat is most unsettling. I know there are a couple of things going on, weather-wise: a second consecutive La Nina year, and the Arctic Oscillation, which has an influence on winter weather. Not that I understand it all, but I believe (hope!) this is an unusual year. Remember, parts of Europe had record lows this winter.
Don't get me wrong, I'm terrified of climate change (and I can't even look at photos of polar bears anymore) but I'm anxious to see what next winter is like.
We've never had most of our spring yard cleanup done by the first day of spring before! The blooms on my daffodils didn't last long...I think because it was too hot for them! Mild winter~hot spring~I'm anxious about summer!
I'm anxious about summer, too, Wanda!
Hi Jain. Just the thought of a 'smokin' Frog put a big grin on my face.
We have just experienced the driest winter and still no rain so heck knows how the plants and wildlife will cope over te coming months.
Hi, Frank. We were swimming all last year - so much rain! - but it certainly has let up the last few months. This coming summer is a mystery, for sure. Ya just can't count on the weather any more.
I'll add my admiration for your image of the smoking frog. Bravo, Jain! The precipitation here in the Mid-Atlantic has all but stopped; forecast showers turn into drips and fog, and we've just finished one of the five driest Marches in record-keeping history (after a record breaking wet year). Spooky...
Thanks, Scott!
I didn't know it was so dry in your neck of the woods. I started to plant my garden today and wondered what the summer will be like. There's just no way to know anymore!
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