Posting Before I'm Too Tired

I decided I better grab this time to make a post BEFORE I do some yardwork. If I don't, the same thing will happen as the last several times I planned to post. I will be too tired to put two thoughts together.

Spring is moving right along here in the hollow. That's not to say that Ole Man Winter doesn't stick his nose in once in a while. We had snow earlier in the week. It melted as it hit the ground in the valley, but the higher mountains got a good dusting. The air still has a nip, especially when the wind blows.

The Bradford pear trees and other early blooming fruit trees are adding their colors to the yellows of forsythia and daffodils. Daffodils are plentiful here in the hollow. The forsythia is a bit bare thanks to the deer.

Last May I did a major pruning of my forsythia. Early last fall the deer dined on the lush new growth. Either they got full or something scared them off. One little section was left to bloom. The rest of it looks sad. But some fertilizing should get it growing again. The deer had never bothered it before. I hope they don't discover it again.

We've had some good rains the last few weeks. The creeks are finally flowing freely. I don't know how long it will last. The best chance of rain this week is a 50 % chance of a shower tomorrow. Rains like that don't keep the water table up. We are still in drought conditions, as is the whole southeastern United States. We need months of good rains to get things back to normal. As much as I don't want a hurricane, tropical rains are what we need this summer.