May

The magnolia in the backyard has finished its two-storey high splendour, and now the lilacs, tulips and apple blossoms are opening all over town. There is familiar order to everything, but I haven’t seen any butterflies yet. I planted my strawberries in the garden, and started sprouting tomatoes, pumpkin and squash in some egg cartons. Hopefully they won’t perish in my care…

Inside we are making little changes to get ready for the summer and the heat. I am in full nesting mode, doing little jobs that have been put off for too long. I also have a growing list of things I would like to do before the baby comes in June. Cleaning, organizing, shopping. Writing thank-you cards for all of the thoughtful gifts we’ve been given.

All in good time.

In Colour

Flowers are finally starting to show their faces around this town. Patchy carpets of scilla are popping up all over the grounds of the farm gardens. Lemon-yellow sprays of forsythia are bursting forth in our own backyard, and a sky-high display now graces our dining room table.

In baby news, I finally finished the blanket I have been working on since Christmas. It is basically this one by the Purl Bee, except I chose to knit random stripe widths so that I could use the wool remnants that were generously donated for this project. My only regret is that my edges are not very straight on one side- I will need to learn an edging stitch on the next one. I’m on a learning curve!

Silly Goose

Before all of the snow had melted (there was still quite a bit, actually) we went down to Mud Lake for a walk. I spotted this funny-looking Canada Goose:

The white face and patchy colouring stand out the most, but then I realized his feet and beak are orange instead of black! I have looked it up but I am still not certain if this is a natural colour mutation or a hybrid between a Canada Goose and a Greylag. As usual there seem to be a lot of theories on the internet. You can see a Canada Goose with normal colouring in the background of this photo:

I have seen a goose like this twice before, just further down the river in years past. I can’t be certain if it’s the same one, returning to the same area. I know I took photos of it but I can’t find them. Must organize photos…

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Check out some of these amazing photographs from Mud Lake that CPAWS posted recently on their facebook page. I can’t believe there are owls nesting there! How come I never see these things?

Newsies

I’ve added a couple of new prints to the shop. They are remind me a little but of Autumn, but that’s what it looks like outside these days- very brown! Most of the snow has melted, but the green hasn’t quite sprung yet. We are supposed to get either (one last?) dump of snow tonight, or possibly an ice storm. I hope it doesn’t last!