Slogging Through the Mud. No, Really.
No political mud this time. Today, it was the real deal. Since the summer has been unusually warm, and many flowers seem to be blooming early, I thought I’d take a hike to my favorite iris spot. Irises love boggy marshy areas, and there’s a great one near here. Usually they are blooming by mid June, so I thought I’d go check it out in the hopes they made an early showing. It soon became apparent that this was no hike. This was a slog. The path was interrupted by long stretches of deep black mud. Successful navigation required walking way up…
Hike Up the Hill (Non-Political!)
This is our first cold, windy, rainy weekend of spring. It reminds me of the entirety of last summer. And the summer before that. But I was able to go out and enjoy one of the warm sunny days earlier in the week. Things are really greening up, but the grasses and leaves are still not mature yet, so it’s easy to see all the little things that will become hidden under the green as summer progresses. Fungi and lichens seem to congregate on particular trees for some reason or another, and are easy to spot and photograph now. The…