Have to love April 1st pranks. Mother Nature apparently adores them. We had to run some errands on Saturday so off to town we go.
Fortunately like most April 1st jokes this was short-lived and the snow and ice had mostly melted by the time we headed back home.
So we did our chores in town and drove out to Mud Lake to see what waterfowl spring migrants might be hanging around.
A pair of Canada Geese were sitting on the snow covered ice and we could imagine their conversation.
There were some Red-winged Blackbirds singing their lovely song, but otherwise there was nobody home and bird watching was not all that exciting. It looks like we need to wait at least another two weeks before we bother driving up here again.
The next day the weather was so much nicer. The clouds had gone away and the bright sunshine got all sorts of little birds excited around our house.
They were so chummy, cuddling up.
Both pairs did eventually fly away to go back to the Kettle River with their friends and relatives. Mountain Bluebirds were also around the yard, all swooping around and chattering about the price of real estate and wondering about mortgage rates, and neighborhood amenities. The swallows are back again today, hanging around the fence. So much fun watching them!
Next year we might even be able to pick a few stalks from this new plant. Yay!
The Josta Berry plants will get up a head of steam this year and we might even see a few berries. Most of the other fruit bushes are showing tiny leaf buds but no green. Soon, though, they will also all spring into action and transform the garden from mostly brown to lots of green.
Some of our herb plants are showing new leaves. When things warm up a bit more we’ll be able to remove the old dry stems and leaves and spruce things up in our two herb beds.
Our new potatoes should be arriving this week, as well as onion sets. And we can plant peas and lettuce at the same time. Gardening is going to get fun in the immediate future.