Yesterday Keith and I sat down and made a spring cleaning list. It has been drafted to help us make the house "smile" ready to welcome Jan and Stan when they complete their walk of the Cotswold Way and come and stay for a few days. I think it was the first bluebells that I spotted in a patch of wood near the Country Park that nudged me into action.
Each day we have manageable jobs to do.Yesterday began in the garden patio weeding cutting back unwanted growth and bringing welcome light to those things that have had to struggle against dominant weeds. I was delighted to rediscover a small red acer in amongst the faster growing shrubs and its feathery leaves smiled back a thank you for the inspiration of welcome new light.
Communication with both Mary in the part of the States where there are currently storms and Jan and Stan in Alaska means we are experiencing the different pace of Spring's arrival in three distinct parts of the world
Jan e mailed yesterday
"We are finally in full spring --here called "break up" as in breaking up of the ice. We had a wild walk yesterday. 6 doggies took their chances (bears and wet trails) as we walked at our old haunt around the Soldotna airport. There was still alot of snow and there were huge puddles frozen over. One ice field obstructed the entire trail and we decided to venture out on the ice to slip and slide across to the other side of the puddle. All of sudden, Daisy BT broke through the ice and fell in over her head. In trying to rescue her we caused all the ice to weaken and Ellen, I and one other doggie fell in as well in turns.
We were all able to trudge through the rest of the icy puddle to the other side where we emptied our ice filled wellies and continued on our walk, laughing all the way. What a day!
Mary in warmer climes in the south has been using her creative photographic talents to record Spring as it touches Shakerag Hollow- a unique Cumberland Plateau ecosystem on a wildflower group hike. Temps were in the forties and the trail was a slippery, treacherous mess from the previous day’s storms, but the place was simply too gorgeous to have missed because of a little inclement weather. It did, however, take the remainder of the day for Mary to get warm once she had got back home!The butterfly picture below was taken on the hike.
Mary in warmer climes in the south has been using her creative photographic talents to record Spring as it touches Shakerag Hollow- a unique Cumberland Plateau ecosystem on a wildflower group hike. Temps were in the forties and the trail was a slippery, treacherous mess from the previous day’s storms, but the place was simply too gorgeous to have missed because of a little inclement weather. It did, however, take the remainder of the day for Mary to get warm once she had got back home!The butterfly picture below was taken on the hike.
Happy Easter and Springtime to you all !!
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