Getting out in the garden
for the first time since last year is a wonderful feeling. And although some houses still have snow, we are fully brown… not much green in this country. Yet. There are some real signs of a early spring, and I’ve been able to clean up the front garden debris. Searching for old friends looking to see if they March 10th of this year, Otter Lake managed to overwinter, and still somehow being astounded that they did.
March 23rd of last year, Otter Lake It’s a cold place to spend the winter here, not as cold as some bloggers, but still brrr cold. So I am always amazed that the receding snow uncovers a green anything. Hardy perennials, and even a snapdragon or two have survived, and the buds on the trees are starting to swell. Over the weekend we visited Otter Lake, a wild, unkempt bull rush ringed lake, home to visiting, and nesting swans, geese, ducks, blackbirds, and many other birds we don’t get to see. This time last year, it was still heavily coated in ice.actually our first visit was March 23, of last year.
Last year There were masses of trumpeter swans last year, this year only a few. I don’t know if it was the time of the day, or the year.they might be found in a farmer’s field nearby. And we didn’t see any of the beautiful blue herons.
This year. Although the breeze was cold, it was fresh, and held a promise of spring coming soon. The blackbirds called, the ducks quacked, the sun shone. And all was well.
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