tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.comments2023-10-18T04:26:36.875-04:00Roundtop RuminationsCarolyn Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-7617237756409087092016-03-29T09:43:51.736-04:002016-03-29T09:43:51.736-04:00My patch of bloodroot is kaput. I had it for 20 y...My patch of bloodroot is kaput. I had it for 20 years, but this is now the second year that the plants didn't come up. The trout lillies are starting to open. I hope to get the first photos later this afternoon!Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-5007664940117012482016-03-28T13:45:06.475-04:002016-03-28T13:45:06.475-04:00Spring beauties and bloodroot abound further east,...Spring beauties and bloodroot abound further east, but no trout lilies, yet.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-12365493514397220502016-03-20T22:51:25.329-04:002016-03-20T22:51:25.329-04:00Had the same sort of exhausting cough/cold, glad i...Had the same sort of exhausting cough/cold, glad it's over! But I won't see Dogtooth Violet leaves for several weeks yet.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-20653096876283956112016-03-19T12:59:07.103-04:002016-03-19T12:59:07.103-04:00I'm glad you've pulled through! =) That pl...I'm glad you've pulled through! =) That plant is a STUNNER, jeepers.biobabblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081382623906668057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-28858895257141954512016-03-04T10:23:06.883-05:002016-03-04T10:23:06.883-05:00Thank you both!Thank you both!Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-45924681741582831242016-03-02T13:11:56.028-05:002016-03-02T13:11:56.028-05:00That photo is evocative. Makes me wish I was in th...That photo is evocative. Makes me wish I was in the forest right now.Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-1246992759077853682016-03-01T14:05:59.090-05:002016-03-01T14:05:59.090-05:00Nice winter woodland image, Carolyn.Nice winter woodland image, Carolyn.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-48214198014439539312016-02-18T18:15:13.571-05:002016-02-18T18:15:13.571-05:00Got to 73 degrees here today (Thursday). Heading t...Got to 73 degrees here today (Thursday). Heading to Roundrock this weekend.Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-7613795966034408352016-02-17T10:20:32.978-05:002016-02-17T10:20:32.978-05:00Pablo: I'm not ready for 70 degree weather! ...Pablo: I'm not ready for 70 degree weather! I want to hang onto the snow a while longer, though I'm not a fan of the ice.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-33749413902533494022016-02-17T10:19:49.899-05:002016-02-17T10:19:49.899-05:00Scott: Currently I have snow and ice but managed ...Scott: Currently I have snow and ice but managed to avoid flooding. Before I even had coffee this morning someone got stuck trying to come up the lane to pick up the neighbor's girl for school. I pushed her out three times; she got restuck each time. Finally, help arrived and two of us could push her out. The snow is off the trees, now, and there's much less of it, but everything looks better than I expected. Even my chickens decided to lay eggs this morning!Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-87168601691871893952016-02-16T15:18:21.477-05:002016-02-16T15:18:21.477-05:00It's in the 50s here today (Tuesday), Carolyn,...It's in the 50s here today (Tuesday), Carolyn, and we had a tremendous rainstorm this morning that melted nearly all the remaining snow from the January 23rd storm. Yeah! Before the snow disappeared, there was a 2-inch layer of disgusting slush. I've had it with winter--really.<br /><br />I had a Fox Sparrow under my feeder on Saturday and Sunday, but that's the most interesting bird to report of late. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-93397517142150892016-02-16T14:17:18.523-05:002016-02-16T14:17:18.523-05:00Keep it. We're getting into the 70s this weeke...Keep it. We're getting into the 70s this weekend!Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-86578895930531952162016-02-03T11:50:48.279-05:002016-02-03T11:50:48.279-05:00Scott: The Harrisburg snowfall average is 39"...Scott: The Harrisburg snowfall average is 39", so I'm going to need another 8 inches this winter to get to average. But that big blizzard certainly made up for the lack of snow in December and most of January! Robins were here in droves before the storm and still here, but in much reduced numbers, now. It's a funny winter.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-25724066357038829562016-02-03T11:34:29.639-05:002016-02-03T11:34:29.639-05:00Carolyn: I've been lax about keeping up "...Carolyn: I've been lax about keeping up "It Just Comes Naturally," too. I get depressed in the winter (SADD?) and lack motivation, and there's also not much of note to post about right now. We got "only" 20 inches of snow (that was enough for me for the rest of the winter), but most of it's gone now since we've had sun and very moderate temperatures lately. Philadelphia's average annual total snowfall is 22 inches, so we all but got the average in one storm this year. However, I also reviewed the list of the 10 largest snowfalls every recorded in Philadelphia, and 7 of the 10 have occurred in the last 28 years, so clearly there's an upward trend in record snowfalls--probably a result of climatic changes associated with global warming. I hadn't been feeding birds at my feeder before the storm, but I certainly stocked it up to help them when the snow came. I, too, have had nothing particularly unusual, but I did have a large flock of female Red-winged Blackbirds (at least 30 individuals) who returned too early, and I had one Fox Sparrow and one Eastern Towhee. I'm glad I was able to help them through the storm. We've got a lot of American Robins around; after they stripped the crabapples and winterberry hollies, I have no idea what they're eating. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-53419629141176064742016-01-18T19:13:18.286-05:002016-01-18T19:13:18.286-05:00That's a good point about the birds at the fee...That's a good point about the birds at the feeder, Carolyn. I'll have to pay attention to that. I hope you're staying warm.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-28295364596300207042016-01-14T11:52:14.336-05:002016-01-14T11:52:14.336-05:00So wait! You drove off the mountain and flew, but ...So wait! You drove off the mountain and flew, but only reluctantly?Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-17955352500494519892015-12-24T10:32:18.882-05:002015-12-24T10:32:18.882-05:00Happy xmas, fog or no fog and looking forward to m...Happy xmas, fog or no fog and looking forward to more stunning images from your distant part of the world in the new year.<br /><br />Here, we are looking with incredulity at flowering daffodils, nesting blackbirds and we harvested another bowl of raspberries - on Xmas eve when normally, we would have frost and maybe snow, but definitely not spring! Last week, a climate scientist told me that El Nino is responsible for only 30% of this. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-35544749121489726902015-12-23T16:09:18.772-05:002015-12-23T16:09:18.772-05:00Carolyn: The low heating bill and the ability to ...Carolyn: The low heating bill and the ability to walk around in shirtsleeves in late December trumps any desire for more normal holiday weather for me. I'd be ecstatic if we had no snow or temperatures below freezing through the end of the winter. (Sorry; I know I don't sound like a naturalist here.) Nice images.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-34459824713060551232015-12-23T13:13:54.220-05:002015-12-23T13:13:54.220-05:00And may you have a wonderful Christmas and a terri...And may you have a wonderful Christmas and a terrific new year. SHGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632134591671876690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-9625690218883041612015-12-23T12:02:31.111-05:002015-12-23T12:02:31.111-05:00Pablo: I guess the changes wrought by man and mod...Pablo: I guess the changes wrought by man and modern transportation just never end. I sure hope we can win the war against hemlocks and dogwood. I'd miss bananas, too. I keep hoping they find a strain of disease resistant chestnut and elms. A few years ago there was some promise with the chestnuts, but I haven't heard anything since, so perhaps that didn't pan out, after all.Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-16884990108223639022015-12-23T12:00:20.172-05:002015-12-23T12:00:20.172-05:00Scott: I think the local forest people are trying ...Scott: I think the local forest people are trying to stay with a natural hemlock insecticide for the adelgids--the soap mixture--but also one that is cost effective for the whole forest. I'm glad to hear the bugs haven't returned to your trees, and I sure hope it stays that way! Carolyn Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03179182853082650546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-78172312402500376002015-12-22T13:41:17.815-05:002015-12-22T13:41:17.815-05:00We have some high-and-dry hemlocks planted near ou...We have some high-and-dry hemlocks planted near our parking lot. They had adelgids, and we treated them many years ago with a systemic insecticide via a soil soak. The adelgids disappeared, the trees are healthy, and the insects have not returned. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443352705506509732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-52849668204519312452015-12-22T06:24:42.199-05:002015-12-22T06:24:42.199-05:00chestnuts, elms, now hemlocks. Bananas soon. Dogwo...chestnuts, elms, now hemlocks. Bananas soon. Dogwoods under threat. <br /><br />Holiday cheer!Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-90865274518006609462015-12-16T16:51:05.398-05:002015-12-16T16:51:05.398-05:00Same here, Carolyn--too warm, just weird. No snowb...Same here, Carolyn--too warm, just weird. No snowbirds yet, even! Your lake photo is so serene.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891819.post-35295552889770293622015-12-15T16:07:00.842-05:002015-12-15T16:07:00.842-05:00In the fifties here today in Kansas City. Cooler, ...In the fifties here today in Kansas City. Cooler, but not much cooler, days are ahead in the forecast. Don't think we'll have a white Xmas this year.Pablohttp://www.roundrockjournal.comnoreply@blogger.com