It’s been a lovely, slow spring.  The spring flowers are still just beginning, and I’m seeing early season moths and butterflies. Continue reading →

I’m still looking for spring flowers, but this is as close as I can get.  Continue reading →

Now (I think) spring is really here – in fact, we’re in the middle of a thunderstorm.  It’s so nice to be seeing rain, not snow! Continue reading →

I had hoped to be able to say “it’s spring!”, but spring isn’t quite here yet.  We’ve had a few warm days, and it’s gradually warming, but we still have snow and it’s not really warm enough to work outside most days. Continue reading →

I haven’t been taking many photos because it’s so cold – too cold to have my fingers out to work the camera, and probably a bit cold for the camera to work too. This is the longest winter cold spell I can remember – the temperature has been getting down to around -25F at night, and sometimes up to as much as +18F on a sunny afternoon.  Brrrr…..

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The new year has brought a us a lot of cold weather.   It was -18F when we got up this morning, and it’s managed to get up to -5F on this sunny afternoon.  So we haven’t been spending much time outside.  We still walk twice a day, unless it’s very windy, but that’s about all.

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