I made an early trip out to the garden, slogging through the wet shin deep grass, to pick a few red strawberries for breakfast. I chased three rabbits from the garden on the way. Our inability to get the grass around the garden cut has given them cover and they take advantage of it. Yesterday a wild turkey and her babies spent the entire afternoon in the "short" grass around the garden. I could see the wet hen clearly, her shoulders and neck were above the grass. Ed saw the babies, but I never did . We really want things to dry off so we can mow around the garden. Now it is too easy for the critters to slip into the garden under cover. That can be murder on the plants. It also makes it so that we can't see what is out there. Seeing the wet turkey hen was nice, but I wanted to see the babies too!
My Clematis is beginning to bloom.
Jane's Rugosa rose looks lovely when wet and still has its beautiful scent.
Our friendly flower spider can still be found in the same iris. It looks quite comfortable and fairly dry under its flower petal roof.
I discovered another patch of nettles along the edge of the driveway. They must have come up after the Red Admirals had passed by. Here the plants are still green and growing. This butterfly is not one that I have been able to identify. I don't think I've ever seen one like it before.
The morning fog has lifted and the rain has stopped. Perhaps this is the day things will dry off enough for us to make some progress. Today we hope for partly sunny. I heard that tomorrow there is a possibility that it won't rain at all. A wise, blue, furry monster name Grover once said, "Where there's life there's is hope." There's still lots of hope here at the Stone Wall Garden.
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