I heard the barred owl on Friday. This is what they sound like (video: 2017). We still have snow cover, although it rained all day Saturday.
Barred owl calling mate from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
March 19 – One was sitting on the flagpole in the early morn. JB called me over, but it flew as I was on approaching. I did see it fly away to the back 40.
Saturday morning it was perched right here.
This is an old video from 2020. JB suggested it is a frequent flyer!
barred owl Dec 24 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
🍃Indoor Plants
This first photo (below left), was from January, when my orchid began to show a new bud stem. I accidentally broke off the newest bud stem from my orchid. I feel so dumb. A little voice in my head said it was brittle, but I didn't believe it. It was about 10 cm long, the width of four fingers.
🍃veggies grow
The pumpkins, squash, and zuchinni are coming along. The repotted cyclamen plant is doing well in the new/recycled pot. The second photo is one Josephine took in February.
I decided to fill up the spaces between the jiffy pellets with soil. They are going to be huge in a month. Last year, Caitlin reminded me, we had frost on May 1st. I lost a couple of my squash plants, and a lot of milkweed.
I repotted the palm plant, and it's looking good. The cyclamen is in its former pot, a large ceramic teapot. The orchid cactus (Disocactus phyllanthoides) has a bloom, with more on the way. You just cannot see it in the corner!
Just in case you've forgotten, this is what the flowers look like (May, 2019):
The crows were back eating deer food. You can see how much snow we've lost, comparing below left and right. They were up in the tree in the backyard on Friday, March 18th. Here in the yard Saturday, March 19th. Cinnamon was on a walkabout.
The trailcam sits on a tripod. There was so much snow melt that it tipped over a bit.
🐻SNUGGLE Bears
When Josephine was here in February, she took some close ups of the statue. We bought it at
Art In The Garden, in June, 2019.
I've done in my right arm. I think it is a repetitive strain injury. I could barely lift it, or lift anything. I couldn't even use the lever on my lazyboy chair. I have used JB's Dr. Ho on it. Used some cream. Sleep has been difficult. It's the dumbest thing, and pretty trivial, compared to all things people suffer. I recall a time, back when I was teaching, and it just went numb. Our bodies are pretty complicated.
