Pond Rising

The rain of the past week has certainly brought the level of the pond up. I'll have to give the meadow a closer look and see if it's flooding yet. We've really had a lot just in the last day or so.

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I did eventually check the meadow, and it has not begun flooding yet. Of course, as I write this (around 7:45) we have seen a renewal of heavy rains this evening, (after a few hours off to poke around the yard), so anything's possible. I heard on the news they were considering this an historic storm in Massachusetts.

This columbine, and several others like it, will be blooming shortly.

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The real entertainment this afternoon was to be found indoors, anyway. Here's another of the regular visits to our living room window feeder by one of our most-outgoing neighbors.

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I know I'm supposed to be annoyed at these guys and the occasional havoc they wreak in the yard. But to be honest, I think they're kind of cute, up close...and I don't mind that they visit the feeder. Which is good, really, since I'm pretty sure I couldn't stop them if I wanted to.

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I was, at first, surprised not be joined by the ever squirrel-agitated Badum, jostling for viewing space at the feeder window. He is usually all over these squirrel visits. But then I remembered the dining room window is offering equal value for kitty entertainment these days. In the last 24 hours, a robin has adopted the cardinals' abandoned nest from last year, in the branches of the andromeda "tree."

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One of the robins stands watch in a tree across the way (I'm thinking if their nesting is successful, we may have some issues using that front parking area and garden for a while), while the female cardinal (original nest occupant) looks on from above. Who hasn't looked at a place where they used to live a little wistfully?

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Well, the evening's rolling along, and I think I've said all there is to this evening. Time to fix a cup of coffee and settle in tonight's series finale of The West Wing. I'll really miss that show.

But before I go, I wish a fond Happy Mother's Day to Moms and Grannies everywhere!! Thanks for all the great things you bring to our lives!!

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