Here are a few mementos from March 20 that I've been looking at often the last few days. They remind me that the recent return to wintry temperatures is nothing more than a dip in the road as the year moves inexorably towards summer.
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(Do you recognize her? I think she's an Eastern Towhee.)
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(Both 'peckers snobbily ignored the lowly tree rat in the background.)
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These were in an area that gets very little sun.
Go figure.
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(Despite their proximity, they failed to fool me.)
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(Somehow I managed to escape their clutches.)
Six weeks from now, I should have daffodils and crocuses in my yard.
ReplyDeleteThe snow is still thigh-deep on top of my garden, but that's because I push the driveway snow there. As I type this, I can look north toward south-facing yards that are mostly snow free.
I'm always surprised at the variety of bird varieties that won't fly this far north. Like your easter towhead. If they come near here I've never heard of it.