On Your Marks, Get Set, Go!

We are almost ready too. 

And eager to add this nursery with an optimistic attitude to our list of ways to waste time while coming and going over the river and through the woods.

When danger of frost has passed, we will be off the blocks and in the garden plot. 

Patience saves seedlings.

Go Get 'Em

Lots of happy fishermen this weekend.

Not so sure about the fish. The ones above look a bit 

feisty. "Go ahead, catch us if you can."

Fascinating fishing FAQs here.

Quick, There They Go

Mertensia virginica

Virginia Bluebells

Some years they come and go while we are gone. This year they obliged by showing up early to wish us bon voyage.

Love those ephemerals, but they are true to their name and don't hang around forever waiting for a person to show up and admire them.