18 March 2011

18 March - Ember Day;

Weather: Ember Day - the weather today foretells the weather of May.

Started out overcast (but warm), then sunny (and warm), then overcast with high winds (but still warm).
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According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, chipmunks emerge from hibernation about now.  Soon they will be hanging out below the bird-feeders, taunting the sparrows into throwing seeds down on them.

And if they are not careful, soon I will find little chipmunk corpses on the back steps - presents from the true Rulers of the Yard.

And Spring is here at last in the Smallest State! (Not that it won't be cold until May - that's a given.) The crocuses (croci?) are blooming all over the yard.

Lovely, just lovely...

I think today I will just celebrate the Return of the Croci (and that I've been allowed to see them once again).