I said sometimes around the second week in May, the oaks would grow leaves and suddenly, it would be spring? Last night, the oak trees went green. When I looked out the window this morning, spring had arrived.
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IMAGINE MY SURPRISE
It’s the 16th of April. Just two days ago, I saw the reappearance of tulips in our garden. I rejoiced at the pink buds on maples. There were even a few yellow flowers on the forsythias. Although the Solomon’s Seal… Read More ›
DAFFODILS STILL BLOOMING
FOTD – April 15 – Daffodils are still blooming I was really surprised to see the daffodils still blooming this afternoon. Not even wilted. And it looks like we are going to get two (TWO!) tulips! They are budding, but not… Read More ›
FOTD – TULIPS
April 10 – Bright Tulips It’s almost really spring. We had a glorious, perfect day yesterday, but it’s cold and gray today and will be tomorrow. I’m glad we grabbed a good day and went out. You’d think, with almost… Read More ›
ADVENTURES WITH STRANGERS – MOST PHOTOS BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
The many parks along the Blackstone River are friendly places. While we don’t form firm friendships there, we do meet people. We chat about our dogs, life in the valley, the cameras we are carrying, how low the water level… Read More ›
WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
FOTD – March 28 – Where are the flowers going? Really, Cee is talking about the shipment of flower for sale at various store presumably on the west coast. I’m sure we have similar place on this coast since transporting them… Read More ›
FIRST FLOWERS FOR OUR GARDEN – PHOTOS BY OWEN KRAUS
FOTD – March 26 – Crocuses in the Sunshine Owen saw the buds this morning on his way to work, but they were still closed. When he got home this evening, they were open. We have flowers! I went all… Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG – RICH PASCHALL
Let The Sunshine In, Rich Paschall Now that Spring has officially arrived, we are thinking more about enjoying the sun. You may have told someone that “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” or that you wanted to share the… Read More ›
IF I RULED THE WORLD
A New Song To Sing, by Rich Paschall We have made it to another pandemic Spring, but this time the first day of Spring sings out a new song. This one sounds better than the bluebirds on Marilyn’s back deck…. Read More ›
BABY SQUIRREL
It must be spring because the babies are here. Little tiny finches and miniature Nuthatches. I haven’t seen any baby Blue Jays, but I’m sure I will. I know the Cardinals have babies later in the season because I have… Read More ›
MAGNOLIAS AND SPRING
FOTD – March 9 – Magnolias Apple blossoms and magnolia flowers are the two unmistakable signs that spring has really come. Usually, there are a lot of these beautiful flowers in full bloom by the middle of April. This year,… Read More ›
BIRDS OF SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND
They aren’t all here yet, but they are on the way. We have the Bluebirds and most of the Juncos have moved on. Not all. There are a few left, but they are migrating north, a few at a time…. Read More ›
SOLOMON’S SEAL – AN EARLY SPRING FLOWER
FOTD – February 21 –SOLOMON’S SEAL Solomon’s Seal was a wildflower, but I love it and I took bunches of it from the woods and planted them along the other side of my driveway. They still grow wild, but I… Read More ›
FOTD – TULIPS OF MANY COLORS
FOTD – February 9 – TWO LIPS I have tulips. I used to grow tulips. I think the skunks ate the bulbs because one year, they stopped coming up and we do have a lot of animals that like eating… Read More ›
RETURN OF THE RED HOUSE FINCH – Marilyn Armstrong
They were here, and then they were gone. Today they came back or at least a few of them came back. They are a brilliant red now. I guess they were just tuning up for the warm months. Maybe they… Read More ›
PICK ME UP AND WINTER’S DAMAGE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
GARRY SEEKS SPRING IN UXBRIDGE He hiked up the driveway, initially to bring down the trash can and pick up the mail, but he took a camera. It was a lovely day. There have been some lovely days, but very… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 