Yaaawn. Oops, sorry 'bout that

The weather here has been so glorious I can't seem to make myself stay inside longer than it takes to get done what HAS to get done. I've got some tiny shows of green in the lettuce bed, but because I was dumb and didn't label the rows, I'm not sure if what's coming up is buttercrunch, iceburg, spinach or mesclun. From the looks of that seed still attached to the leaf on that middle sprout, and where it is in the bed, I think it's the buttercrunch. Whatever. It's green and it's growing. Daffs are almost blooming, the peonies are up, irises sprouts everywhere.

I weeded and mulched the strawberries yesterday and started re-lawning the area that used to be my garden. Maybe I'll get a little further today, then leave the last bit behind the rhubarb for some peas.Clothes have been flapping on the clothesline solar dryer for a few weeks now. It feels like we completely skipped mud season and most of spring and jumped into summer. I'm not complaining. Much. I just feel like I'm super behind. but I'm not. We haven't had the days and days of rain that usually usher in the warmer weather. Sheesh, a few years ago, we had a cormorant hanging out on the front lawn for a week. No sign of him this year.

With most of the mountain snow pack gone, the Otter Creek is very high and fast and Lake Champlain is about a foot above flood level. It's spectacular to watch the awesome volume of water going over the falls here. Every day there are guys out there fishing - I can't imagine what they'll catch, but then, fishing's not always about the catch anyway, is it?