Go Shocks!

March Snow?

This morning, we had snow to go with our dead furnace.

Time to get out the seed catalog, plan the garden, and plant tomato seeds (I enjoy tomato seedlings if I can keep the indoor pests away).

Welcome More Frogs

First one voice, then three, now to many to count.

Another Impression...

 

...from my Saturday excursion.   This is how it came off of my phone.  I like it. 

Welcome Frogs

The tree frogs returned to our little pond about a week ago.  I thought they were late, but looking back to prior years, they may be early.    Adult frogs, above, and this post from 2010.

Young frog, above, and this post from 2012.  More young frogs here.

 

It must be time to order seeds.

Spring Surprise

The travel bug was missing, but this is the first geocache guard hippo we've encountered. 

See posts of geocaching tours here.  Our first explanation of geocaching is here.

Now I simply say - it's like a world wide Easter egg hunt.  People hide stuff and post GPS coordinates and hints on geocaching.com.  Other people try to find the stuff and post comments and photos from the excursion.   There are lots of cool or creative hiding places near and far.

Cup o' Sun

 

Local coffee table , during the first excursion for the day.

 

 

LaMay Car Museum

And guided tour underway. Photo shows just one of the floors.

I like the thought of the cross county trip this car took in the 1960s.

 

First Garden

I put away some Christmas photos my friend sent me.  Then perused the photos I took with the same friend on a trip to Nashville in 1989.  That led to the photos of our Alabama garden in 1990.

 

Here is my dad looking serious with his beard and mustache he grew for his last weeks or months before retirement.   He was on a post retirement road trip, including a stop to visit me.   We were watching birds in our back yard.

  

 

The Alabama garden in late summer with mostly herbs and flowers remaining.  I didn't photograph the vegetable harvest then.  I discovered I like fresh okra and I remember lots of tomatoes.

 

It's Time

Ok. Fine. We'll take it down. It is only now loosing needles. Time to plant more. And in 6 or 7 years we'll have a Christmas tree again. For my next sabbatical.