So today is the first day of Spring, and it’s snowing. Yesterday it was 60°F (and for a few days before that too) and today it’s 30°F and snowing.
Below are a few images of the water gardens as they were on 10 August – Lilies in full bloom- too bad they’re all yellow. Tucked in away amongst the lilies I found this little scene.
A very intense hailstorm this morning dropped the biggest hailstones I’ve ever seen – still no where near the size that you hear about – golfball size, baseball sized – but yet the noise they made was “impressive” as they hit the roof of the house and banged into the front door as they bounced…
Lilac trees are supposed to be purple, or “lilac”, and indeed we have a number of such plants in our yard. This view is looking north across much of the property toward the house – the trees in the row are Eastern Redbud, a lilac, and a flowering Dogwood tree. The road is visible way in…
Since putting in the ponds nearly 2 years ago it has been a constant battle to keep the water clean. I’d only bought a cheap filter at Menards when first getting this set up, and it became apparent that we needed better to try and keep the water clean. Other measures were needed too, like…
The trees are in full bloom at the moment, so I’ve taken a few pictures of some of them to share here. A photo gallery of some pictures is below (click the first (or any) image to open a larger version in a slide show)
Visitors seen around the yard today include the habitual doe and her 2 bambis, and some “bugs” on the milkweed plants beside the back porch.
