Summer is Here Already!

Hard to imagine that just a couple of weeks ago we were sinking three feet deep into the snow in the woods!

Now the river plants are up over an inch...green finger nails scratching their way out of the moss along the brook.
Went up into the 70’s today.

With the summerlike temperatures, life has re-emerged in the pond and vernal pools around the property. I saw a squiggly gray creature in a vernal pool the size of a pine needle. It moved like a worm or small snake.

Have not heard the wood frogs, yet, but they can’t be far behind. I already planted some peas. Most of the snow has disappeared.
The robins, junkoes, phoebes and ducks are all actively seeking partners or future nesting sites and the vegetarians are taking advantage of last year’s seeds, now exposed.