LOTS, TONS & BUCKETS of stuff a’happenin’
Vicki Day2023-08-15T16:00:11-07:00In typical August fashion we are popping with busy-ness inside and out. Let’s start with a stroll through the gardens.
In typical August fashion we are popping with busy-ness inside and out. Let’s start with a stroll through the gardens.
We have been experiencing a persistent absence of clarity in the lower pond in spite of our best treatment efforts.
Every year it seems all the fleur-ed folks agree on a timeframe when everyone will pop into bloom at once. This year apparently the end of May and the beginning of June is the consensus.
We are all atwitter with the critter and fleur happenings of late. We actually saw SEVEN raccoons together at our feeder as well as the long-awaited return of our grey fox – yippy skippy!
Considering all the critter action in the gardens recently, guess who is putting their resplendent feet forward?
The koi babies finally are trusting that they don’t have to return to West Palm (hibernation) again this year and that the warmer, sunnier days are here to stay.
As vigilant as I believe I am about my green people and the seasonal machinations of the Earth Mother, sometimes they sneak up on me with surprising grandeur and a side order of mischief.
We had hoped that April would present itself in a fashion far more ‘typically normal’ than the UNADULTERATED & UNEXPECTED SHOWING that March gave us.
Today revealed to us one of the incredible serendipities graced to us by the Earth Mother.
No beekeeper in his right mind would consider opening a hive let alone harvesting honey early-spring for a myriad of reasons but we have learned to trust our instincts when it comes to our bee babies.