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| Daddy and Cavan hard at work! |
Our first couple warm days have brought the return of a few of my favorite things.
1) Getting home from work and enjoying outdoor time until 8 PM! All three of us arrived home by 5:00, took the dog for a walk together, and then worked in the garden/yard. Hubby build my raised veggie beds, Cavan dug in the dirt and practiced walking on the balance beams (the pine boards Hubby laid out on the ground, before screwing them together), and I just sat, watched and listened. Which brings me to my next point.
2) The peaceful sounds of spring: the tree frogs singing, the crickets chirping, and the woodpeckers drilling. As I sat outside this evening watching my family and taking pictures, I got to enjoy them all. Even sitting here now, at 11 PM, with the windows open, the frogs are serenading me with their rural music (the only thing that rivals this are the cicadas in the summer). So relaxing.
And even more impressive than just listening, we got to see the woodpeckers this evening—the pair of pileated woodpeckers, which are the largest woodpeckers in North America. As I looked them up on the internet to find an image, I read a little about them and am now a bit worried. Apparently, these are relatively rare birds that nest in large dead trees. Well, the tree we saw them in this evening is what we call the grandpa tree—a HUGE dead maple! A huge dead eye-sore that is slated to be taken down tomorrow! Now is the time that they drill out their nests and I am concerned about taking down their home. We live in a wooded area, and there shouldn't be a shortage of nesting places, but I would prefer to keep them on our property. I may have to call our tree guy in the morning to put the project on hold until we can research further.
But now onto my not-so-favorite things. Of course, there is always a ying to the yang, and to balance out my pleasure with discomfort were my allergies and the mosquitos—both out in full force this evening. I probably sneezed a hundred times tonight and Cavan and suffered our first skeeter bites of the year. And I HATE bug spray, but the swarms were ruthless! But I'd rather bug spray and allergens than snow and sinus infections any time!
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| Standing in my new raised beds. Now all we need is some soil! |
I hope you didn't cut down the tree. Pileated's are so rare and they are beautiful to watch. I haven't seen any around our house in years. We use to see them at least once a year.
ReplyDeleteYou're going to need a LOT of soil. Those are big raised beds
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