Lily and Sam were here for a visit. We all had dinner at Cloudland Farm, excellent meal. This morning they helped us get all the outdoor furniture set up and the little rowboat out of the barn and into the pond before they left to visit Sam’s family in Durham, NH.
Pond census—lots of frogs, two turtles seen at the same time, there may perhaps be more, crawfish and fish are present. I haven’t seen newts, but am sure they’re there.
New blooms: yellow lady slipper, Japanese primrose, hybrid daylily, geranium, May apple, bane berry, pink lamium, honeysuckle bush, yellow violets.
Eastern phoebe on her nest, which is tucked in on a lantern under the eaves by the back door of the mudroom.
Yellow Lady Slippers orchids are the earlier of the two types we have, the pink, Showy Lady Slipper, will be out in about a month. They are both happy in a wet area.
Japanese primrose like the waterside also. These are just getting started.
Bleeding hearts are in full blooms everywhere in the yard, all volunteers.
Lilac in violet and magenta, we also have white and pink lilacs.
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