5-8-20 VERMONT: We enjoyed early spring so much that we decided to do it all over again. We will probably be here all summer. It is definitely not summery today. Even though the thermometer says 50°, there’s a brisk and gusty wind blowing spring away. We had a brief shower last night, but the rain gauge isn’t out yet because it will crack if frozen.
The lawn guys have been here for the lawn clean up. The snow is gone, usually there are traces until mid-May. I have a long list of chores to do and have started—I put the snow shoveling gear away and took down the driveway reflectors that guide the plowers. I put a few benches out and moved the picnic table to the deck with help from Lily and Judy. The hummingbird feeders are out—no takers yet. Chickadees have been the only customers at the seed feeder. One stone post and wall by the driveway needed repair from plow damage and another wall had some repairs done.
The trees show leaf buds except for the willow and aspens that have tiny leaves. Some early perennials are beginning to leaf and flowers, but other are still sound asleep. Vinca had many early flowers in NJ, but no flowers at all here.
The ponds are ice free and at least two turtles have been out sunning on the rocks.
In bloom: snowdrops, daffodil, hellebore, bloodroot, pachysandra, forsythia, hepatica, primrose.
Hellebore is a hard to get pic, as you can see in the background, all the flowers are inverted.
Granddaughter Lily has been here escaping the Covid19 from NYC. She's working very remotely, but got caught by the game cam.
Hepatica is a woodland surprise flowering before almost everything else. The leaves last all season and will be under hostas and bleeding hearts in a few weeks. The leaves look vaguely, very vaguely, like liver lobes, hence the name.
Early primrose, the much showier Japanese primrose will be out in June.
The pasture pond awash in amphibian eggs. The frog opera performs nighty, the show will run for another month or so.
The pack in the pasture.
The new, upper pond overlooks the yard and lower pond.
The lawn guys have been here for the lawn clean up. The snow is gone, usually there are traces until mid-May. I have a long list of chores to do and have started—I put the snow shoveling gear away and took down the driveway reflectors that guide the plowers. I put a few benches out and moved the picnic table to the deck with help from Lily and Judy. The hummingbird feeders are out—no takers yet. Chickadees have been the only customers at the seed feeder. One stone post and wall by the driveway needed repair from plow damage and another wall had some repairs done.
The trees show leaf buds except for the willow and aspens that have tiny leaves. Some early perennials are beginning to leaf and flowers, but other are still sound asleep. Vinca had many early flowers in NJ, but no flowers at all here.
The ponds are ice free and at least two turtles have been out sunning on the rocks.
In bloom: snowdrops, daffodil, hellebore, bloodroot, pachysandra, forsythia, hepatica, primrose.
Hellebore is a hard to get pic, as you can see in the background, all the flowers are inverted.
Granddaughter Lily has been here escaping the Covid19 from NYC. She's working very remotely, but got caught by the game cam.
Hepatica is a woodland surprise flowering before almost everything else. The leaves last all season and will be under hostas and bleeding hearts in a few weeks. The leaves look vaguely, very vaguely, like liver lobes, hence the name.
Early primrose, the much showier Japanese primrose will be out in June.
The pasture pond awash in amphibian eggs. The frog opera performs nighty, the show will run for another month or so.
The pack in the pasture.
The new, upper pond overlooks the yard and lower pond.
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