Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Winter activity

Not the human kind, but the animal kind. There is a lot of living that goes on in wintertime under the snow.

Molehills


A little trail with a hole at the end. Squirrel, chipmunk?



It is lovely seeing the vegetable garden again! There are a few deer tracks in there.



This may not look cheerful to those of you who have blooms now, but to me it is lovely! And even if snow comes again, it won't last. The saying here is that the back of winter is broken.

18 comments:

  1. Definitely looks like mud season where you are. We are heading up that way at the end of April. Ballet recital is something not to miss even with coronavirus worries. Especially for the 3 year old who has her debut and the 6 year old's third time.

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  2. Nothing better than seeing your garden beginning to thaw out. I think the hole with the runs through the yard is a vole run. When our snow last year melted away there was a veritable city street scene in my garden made by voles. We had hardly a sprinkle of snow this year. The mildest winter I ever remember having.

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    1. Thank you for the info! Tom did see a shrew this winter. Poor thing got into Lucy's bowl after she ate, and Tom had to help it out!

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  3. Lovely to feel that spring and all the returning awakening life is just about here! Thank you, Nan!

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    1. Yes!! And you are welcome. I'll try to get more pictures when the sun is out. Supposed to rain tomorrow which should wash away the rest of the snow.

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  4. Over here, it has also been the mildest winter I can remember (and also according to statistics, so it is not just my impression). I am sure your vegetable patch will soon thrive again - nature has a way of acting rather fast when conditions are right, doesn't it.
    Love the header photo!

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    1. It has been milder here, too but still plenty of snow, and cold weather.
      Thank you about the picture. They are such a team- the new kittens and Lucy.

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  5. How fascinating! And I'm not sure why but I love seeing your veggie patch. All the snow we've had this year is a few showers. Dartmoor and Exmoor (both not far) had some on the tops of the hills and we saw it on the way to the dentist in Barnstaple recently, but here in Tiverton we've not really had a proper snowy winter.

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    1. You don't have mole hills in your lawn?
      I am so happy with that new garden. Can't wait to plant.

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    2. Nope, no moles here. We've had them in other gardens just not this one.

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    3. They don't bother me at all. Once the weather is warmer, I'll just step on them to flatten them. And, if you come back, we have adopted Monty's and Springwatch's advice about not mowing so much. Last year we didn't mow a whole section, and this year will mow even less. The lawns/fields looked wonderful, and then Tom mowed in the fall.

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  6. That's a great saying about winter. I'm hopeful we've seen the last of the snow here in Utah and that spring is on it's way. :)

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    1. It really is, isn't it? I haven't heard anyone say it in a while, but I knew it well in my childhood.

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  7. Those are some super-sized moles I suspect. We have them but ours seem much smaller.

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    1. I wonder if it might depend on the soil. In another field they are some bigger than these. Maybe the easier to dig, the deeper they go, the higher the hill??

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  8. it's almost that time for you to start posting those beautiful pictures you post every year. Looking forward to them.

    The pollen is so bad right now that I'm almost afraid to stick my head out the door. I made the mistake of parking under a blooming tree this morning for about 20 minutes, and by the time I came outside my white car was a nice golden yellow color. Had to get a towel out and did a wipe-down before that stuff could "stick."

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    1. Thank you!!
      Sorry about the pollen. Is it certain trees or all trees that cause allergies?

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  9. There's a whole 'nother world living beneath that soil, isn't there?! There are voles in this area, but I'm not sure about moles.

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