I resisted the temptation to bolt. It was seventy-seven degrees outside–a touch of summer. I thought I’d go out and drive to the River. I then decided rather to walk around my property to see what I could observe.
The little creek in the back was almost dry. I really do not know where our toads that appear at our front door come from. Where do the polliwogs swim?
I noticed a patch of yellow and white daffodils in the middle of the woods. The white ones were a larger variety. Whatever possessed someone to plant them there.
I turned over an ten by six inch long moss covered log hoping to spot a salamander but no luck. Twice over the years we discovered four inch long orange colored salamanders in the yard. I know so little about them.
I noted two white hyacinths were blooming and I dropped to the ground to smell them. I had always loved their fragrance.
The raspberry and blackberry bushes were just starting to sprout. It will still be awhile until the white flowers come. And even longer before I pick the berries.
Then Lynelle will bake scrumptious berry pies that simply got gobbled up almost as fast as they are baked.
I wondered whether the Black eyed Susans which my wife planted along our hundred foot long picket fence will come up. I thought they would look neat there. It remain to be seen.
Every thing in its own time. I returned to our house. I will go out again but will not travel by car anywhere and see again what I could observe in my own backyard.
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