We had a fair amount of wind yesterday, and a few showers. This morning the weather was lovely, so Toby and I went for a little walk in the woods.
Almost as soon as we got in the woods, we saw new plant growth. That’s a nice sign spring is on the way!
There were also signs of wind damage, with a smaller tree blown down across the creek.
It will probably be swept away the next time we have enough rain for some high water.
On the way back towards the house, I noticed lots of patches of bright green grass, already growing 4 or 5 inches tall.
Hey, I know it’s just grass, but it’s green, and it’s growing! That sure looks like a sign of spring to me.
Speaking of things that are growing…
Looks like to me that our lovely llama diva has a more rotund mid-section than usual. Sure hope this isn’t just wishful thinking and there’s a little cria growing in there! Her due date is April 1st, and I would love to see a healthy little one arrive on time.
That would be a GREAT sign spring was here!
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It is good to see those signs of spring. I hope you do get a little llama in a few weeks. You’re right — that really would be a sign of spring.
If she has a healthy baby, you’ll probably hear me shouting!
Woohoo! Spring for you! How wonderful!
Our last freeze/frost can occur all the way into late May, so I get worried when I see too much green too early, especially on my fruit trees, or they won’t give us fruit after they’ve been frozen.
I enjoyed your Spring photos. Maybe that fallen tree didn’t blow down there, maybe instead it was carried there by the wood folk (faeries, elves, etc)?
Fanciful thinking, I suppose. But they have to reach the other side of the river somehow, right?
I had no idea you had a pregnant llama! How wonderful! Who is the proud husband? What colors do you think the cria will be? Oh so exciting!!
I want to breed my llama girl in maybe another year or two. She’s only two years old and because she’s registered I really want to find a handsome, conformationally correct male for her. Only the best for my pretty Cataleya! hehe
What is your llama diva’s name?
~Lisa
We could also still have a freeze, so I hope the fruit trees don’t get too carried awy with growth right now.
Maybe you’re right and the wee folk needed a bridge across the creek. Looks a little wobbly… hope none of them fell in!
We have a male, Samson. He’s dark brown, and our diva’s name is Keira. Since they’re both dark, I suspect we’ll have a dark baby. Though Keira’s mom was white with brown spots, so who knows? That’d be cool!
That is a good sign … soon enough it will be all green.
I love when things start to green up. Plants are considering it right now in my area, but it’s still too soon. We seem to be in the habit of getting a freak deep freeze, about two weeks after our ‘average’ freeze date. Me thinks it’s time to move the ‘average’.
Yes, I’m looking forward to green. But as ceecee says, it’s probably too soon. We can certainly still have freezing weather.