The first page we posted for 2021 was Winter Snowfall, which is true to its name and has photos of snow that fell early in 2021. We would like to share some other pictures that we took in the area. We will start with some other winter pictures, of frost on the cranberry bog where we like to walk.
For the first four months of the year, we wore face masks on the walk to and back from the bog.
After that, the face mask requirement in Massachusetts was lifted. Since we rarely meet anyone, now we just bring a mask with us in case of a chance encounter. Even during the winter we were able to take off the face masks while at the bog, although sometimes they provided useful warmth. Here are some wintery scenes down to and at the bog.
What, you might ask, are the markings in the snow in the above picture? We certainly asked ourselves that. After a bit of pondering, we realized that those are the mark of a bird taking off in the snow. The long, thin, light marks are the tips of the wings. Most likely these were made from Canada Geese, based on the size and the fact that we saw them in the area in that same time frame.
After the snow melted we again saw some geese, and a lot of them. They did not cooperate so we were only able to get a portion of them into a picture.
After winter comes spring, and lovely spring flowers and plants bursting from the ground. This first is a daffodil:
These are banberry plants:
A Hellebore that I moved from our former shade garden into a wooded area of our lawn:
These next two pictures are blossoms on our young plum tree:
The White Trillium in full bloom:
This picture of our front oval garden is from the end of April.
Less than two weeks later the garden had progressed even more. We put together an album showing some garden pictures, as well as Paul planting some rhubarb plants, in this Google album.
More pictures can be found on the 'Part 2' page.
Updated July 2021