Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
Musings on cats, travel, gardens and life
Tag: Spring
A Walk Into Spring at Discovery Park
Granted it comes and goes this first week of March, spring that is, with some warm and sunny days, followed by cold and rainy ones. Fortunately for us, we picked the best day earlier this week to visit Discovery Park in Seattle, heading north… Continue Reading “A Walk Into Spring at Discovery Park”
A Fresh Start
This is the view from my office where Benji keeps watch from the window seat Bob built for him. It turned out to be timely, as it wasn’t long afterwards, that Benji was confined to the house. I’ve done my best to entertain him… Continue Reading “A Fresh Start”
Happy Hummingbirds on the Road to Spring
A feeder hangs from a maple tree in front of my house. I watch the hummingbirds zip by from my office window, their heads and faces, as colorful as flowers. The snow has melted. My handsome Anna’s Hummingbirds cheer me on the road to… Continue Reading “Happy Hummingbirds on the Road to Spring”
Moving Forward to Summer
May was full of rain, dampening spirits, and keeping us inside. It was also full of unforeseen circumstances, limiting my time in the garden and on the blog. But the flowers still bloomed without any effort on my part and this morning dawned bright.… Continue Reading “Moving Forward to Summer”
May Arrives in Living Color
Spring arrives stealthily in the Pacific Northwest, not in March though the calendar says so nor in April though it teases with warm days between cold and frosty ones. (And the rain? Don’t get me started.) It’s May that shouts the glory of spring… Continue Reading “May Arrives in Living Color”
Lots of Activity at the Mason Bee House
The mason bees have emerged from their little house, which hangs under the eaves of my big house. Mason bees are solitary pollinators that nest in tunnels that they seal with mud or clay. They lay female eggs in the back of the tunnel… Continue Reading “Lots of Activity at the Mason Bee House”
The Daffodils of the Skagit Valley
Though the Tulip Festival in April gets more press, daffodils are the stars of the Skagit Valley in March. But neither adhere strictly to the calendar so when we visited the tulips at Roozengaarde last week, plenty of daffodils were still in their glory.… Continue Reading “The Daffodils of the Skagit Valley”
Busy as a Chickadee on a Spring Day
We’ve had four days in a row of pure sunshine and temperatures reaching the 70’s; the sun-starved natives of the Pacific Northwest are rejoicing! The chickadees are happy too and busy excavating nests in the snag we left standing for this purpose. I hope… Continue Reading “Busy as a Chickadee on a Spring Day”
A Visitation of Goldfinches! So I Thought!
Sorry to do another bird post so soon – it was only yesterday I shared with you the nesting house finches in my garden – but I couldn’t wait. Because even though the Goldfinch is the Washington State Bird, I rarely see them, especially… Continue Reading “A Visitation of Goldfinches! So I Thought!”
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