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| Dog-toothed violet or trout lily,--take your pick |
I have had the worst cold of my life for going on two
weeks. My sister gave it to me, and I
told her during the worst of the cold that if I’d gotten this cold ten years
from now it would either kill me or put me in the hospital. I have now returned to the land of the
living, though the cough and some remnants still remain. No long walks in the forest for me just yet,
but I am well enough to wander around my own little acreage. And that is where I discovered the first
leaves in my dog-toothed violet/trout lily patch.
The pretty bi-colored leaves aren’t hard to see, but they
can be hidden by fall’s leaves as they are only up by an inch or two at the
moment. It’s a good thing the flowers
aren’t out yet. Tomorrow I will get what
is virtually certain to be the last gasp of winter on what will be the first
day of spring. Several inches of wet,
heavy snow are predicted, a true “onion” snow, as such things are called in
this area.
Other signs of spring are popping up. Spring is not yet exploding but it’s moving
forward, about like when the first kernels of the popcorn start to pop. The first phoebes arrived a week ago. I have had an American Coot on the smallest
snowmaking pond for a week now. It shows
no signs of leaving. The ski resort has
closed for the season, too.
As I type a local Blue Jay is performing its Red-tailed Hawk
call. It started doing that about 10
days ago and is so pleased with itself that it now calls all over the
mountain. It particularly performs the
call just before landing in my bird feeders, perhaps hoping to clear the decks
so it can have the feeders to itself.
I am glad this cold has nearly run its course in time for me
to enjoy the start of spring, even if I have to shovel to get to the chicken
coop one more time.
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2 comments:
I'm glad you've pulled through! =) That plant is a STUNNER, jeepers.
Had the same sort of exhausting cough/cold, glad it's over! But I won't see Dogtooth Violet leaves for several weeks yet.
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