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Winter is dragging on, isn’t it?

Winter is dragging on, isn’t it? Let’s see what’ was in bloom on Feb. 18.   Feb 18.  American Hazelnut (Corylus americana) catkins and Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) branches cut and brought into the house a week before.     Feb 18  Wild Stonecrop (Sedum ternatum) is our area’s only sedum.   In nature  it [...]

Winter Views

Out of the bosom of the Air,  Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken,   Silent and soft and slow   Descends the snow.  Ralph Waldo Emerson    Winter Views  At last!  Snow!  I visited some friends last Thursday, the day after our first [...]