CHACONIAC's Blog

Greetings all:

Hope you are making the best of these glorious days. Have been out working in my garden and watching the birds go by. Saturday was thrilling, spent a morning at Montrose point near the Magic Hedge and was not disappointed. The hedges were lousy with yellow warblers, also saw ovenbirds, veerys, blue-gray gnatcatcher, red-winged blackbirds, baltimore orioles, white-crowned sparrows...the place was a tangle of birdsong and whirring wings. Lots of people with binoculars, parents teaching their kids, just a lovely scene.

Back in the garden the early tulips and daffodils are starting to fade, muscari holding on, allium and parrot tulips coming in. Got a new weeping pussywillow for the deck, the clematis and astilbe made it back for another year, and my trowel isn't sharp enough to break up the grasses and hostas. I'll be looking for some new tools at Costco.

Peas and beans are sprouting, hot peppers and tomatoes happy in their containers, the arugula and herbs growing vigorously, and the pansies are nodding their happy faces in baskets and on the deck.

These days the sun comes up early and forces me out of bed...when I go for a short run it turns into a long one...and I feel like I'm surfing a great wave of energy and optimism. Good things are coming, to the garden and the kitchen, and to those of us willing to look for brightly feathered creatures flying through our town.

Go out and play!

Regards,

Lilia