There’s a day lily bed on the south side of the driveway. Today, for the first time this season, about 3/8ths of an inch of leaf was visible from a dozen or so plants. If their growth and development follows typical patterns, we’ll see orange blossoms in June. If Minnesota weather follows typical patterns, we may see green leaves emerging through inches of snow before the plants get to blooming stage. Or, next week’s forecast rain may stay rain.
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| day lilies: April 15, 2020
Photo by J. Harrington
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This morning was about the noisiest the birds have been this season. The were crows, maybe ravens, robins, maybe chickadees, maybe sandhill cranes and “others.” Our local world is definitely coming alive. We’ve even started doing spring chores and today, for the first time this year, we’re wearing sneakers. We’re also remembering to pace ourselves rather than getting frenetic and trying to do everything in the first two days so we can relax and go fishing. Last time we tried that approach, we wore ourselves out so much that we didn’t have the energy to go fishing for weeks, by which time summer thunderstorms had arrived.
Last evening, just at sunset, we were returning from a visit to the Daughter Person, Son-In-Law and Granddaughter’s. Several of the fields we drove past were being visited by groups of whitetail deer, from a single in one field to more than a dozen in another. Next month the does will be busy with new fawns, which we’ll get a glimpse of come mid-summer.
April Rain Song
Let the rain kiss you.
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops.
Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk.
The rain makes running pools in the gutter.
The rain plays a little sleep-song on our roof at night—
And I love the rain.
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