About an inch of snow overnight, followed by a day of light drizzle mixed with snow.
Nature
Our first miniature daffodils
Our first miniature daffodils opened yesterday, in time for a good soak today.
Sun rose an hour late March 10th 7:42am
Sunrise, March 9th, 2013, 6:41am
No spring flowers for St David’s Day?
No spring flowers opened in time for St David’s Day yesterday. But these two are getting ready:
We do still have some winter flowers in bloom:
Technology Upgrade
This just in from Chicago: Sandy obtained our new access security hardware online and facilities installed it today. We’re hoping bluebird testing will begin shortly.
Lonesome Pine
We have a number of Virginia Pines seemingly being crowded out by the predominantly oak competition.
Sun rose again today
Sunrise 25 January 2013
I know it’s a bit blurry. So was I.
Purple Finch
at the niger seed feeder
Thanks, Gareth, for the loan of the big lens. Wikipedia has an interesting note about this bird seed, sometimes misnamed thistle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guizotia_abyssinica