New England → [Fun] Spring iz sprung

Spring iz sprung
The grass iz riz
I wonder where the birdeez iz (besides chirping outside my bedroom window at 4:30 am)

Anyone got NE spring photos or stories to share?

Lots of April showers in Wormtown should bring lots of May flowers.

We have a 600ft gravel driveway. My annual right of spring is raking the stone off the grass and back onto the driveway. It is especially bad this year because of the last snow storm, warm so the ground was not frozen and the snow was extremely heavy. Plow guy did a lot of damage.

But now things are greening up and the black flies are out. It has been raining all day and will continue throughout tomorrow. We need the rain so that is good.

/tom

Is it time for the mud logo?

Mayflower is in drydock for 2 years.
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Too wet to play outside.

Goats creep me out too. They remind of a clown, just stare at you with this blank expression. Lately I've noticed people letting their goats roam freely; goats love to chew on anything and everything. I found two of them in my 2015 van eating my tools, wiring, and dielectric grease! at least they will be waterproofed..

Looks like we have pretty much skipped over mud season this year and transitioned directly into Blackfly season

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/tom

Happy May Day/Beltane, all!

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Nice bird.
Bee hives?

Thanks! For christmas I bought my wife the Bird Photo Booth, it has a motion activated camera so you can get all types of great bird pictures.
Those are hives, we just jumped into the beekeeping world. We installed the bees two weeks ago.

Bunnies. I got a buncha Bunnies.
I have a deal with the Squirrels: I feed you pizza crust and french fries, you don't do any damage.
I tried to make a deal with the Bunnies: Don't eat my garden, I won't eat you. I don't speak fluent Bunny and they are not listening to me. I'm trying to keep this from becoming a violent confrontation. See how the Bunny is out of center in the photo? I do much better with a .22.
Squash is doing well, tomatoes are in.

We have an inside bunny here [a Palomino, about twice the size of that one] who is a lot of fun. Any critter who eats junk mail [and the occasional organic blue flaxseed tortilla chip] is a friend of mine. We also have outside bunnies [seem to have been a bumper crop the last two seasons]. The outside bunnies haven't done any damage yet. If they cause problems, I have a jar of tikka masala sauce in the cupboard. In your case, I think the deal you offered is fair. Eat a couple of them and maybe they'll stop eating your stuff.

The one thing I can't get used to about rabbits is the disapproving glare when you're eating meat. The cats were always supportive [to the point of asking for samples; have to make sure the human is getting good food].

Progressing along here! I love the look of all that liquid gold they are making.