I thought I'd use this space to make a more permanent and easily accessed record of my observations throughout the year. I live near a park, so some of these are in my own yard, some at the park which makes for some interesting observations.
January 11 - we had a fair share of snow by this point; my containers were covered in snow.
January 14 - temperatures starting to drop; record artic cold temperatures were on their way; we saw windchills around -25 F while the actual temperature was in the negatives for a few days (maybe a week after this?)
January 17 - blue heron spotted. We also saw about 12 mallard ducks. A few adults and several juveniles.
January 21 - 22 - Freezing, subzero temperatures. Actual temperature this morning was -10 F
Indoor temperatures dropped to 62F.
January 27 - first robin spotted.
January 28 - Crocuses coming up.
January 29 - Pansies coming up.
January 31 - highs near 50. Geese returned. Fern, coral bells, irises, horseradish, strawberries, yarrow survived the cold.
February 3 - Sighting of bluebirds in our yard for the first time! There have also been a bunch of starlings, bluejays and a woodpecker. One cardinal spotted as well. Temperatures in the 50s. Garlic sprouting. Japanese barberry still producing berries. A number of weeds still showing up, including mock strawberry.
February 5 - Sky was much brighter last night, middle of the night (10 PM or so.) Odd, considering the waxing crescent moon. I woke up at some point and noticed the sky was a dark turquoise blue. Again, this must have been before midnight. Noting it only because it was unusual. Colder today - highs in the 30s, lows in the 20s. So all the plants coming up are no longer looking as happy as yesterday. Blackberry plants look to have survived the cold OK.
February 6 - Mallow growing; carrots seem to have survived the cold.
February 10 - Skunk smell the past 2 nights - smells like skunk mating season is here!
February 14 - We had a large flock of starlings today. I had read some areas nearby saw them recently so it appears they’re migrating.
February 18 - weird weather this week. We woke up two days ago to snow on the ground. The day before it was around 40 degrees. The next day it was raining when we woke, and flooding, then quickly turned to snow. Last night the windchills were in the subzero temperatures again. Our highs are supposed to be in the low 20s almost all week. Looks like we’re about 20 degrees colder than the historical average today. The geese decided not to leave this time.
March 4 - colder temperatures last week, while today is in the 60s. We saw 9 mallard ducks today: 3 females, 4 males and then 2 oddball males. One was probably just a juvenile and didn’t have his full colors yet, the other was mostly white so possibly a ‘blonde.’
March 5 - first stink bug of the season.
March 7 - spring flowers are poking through! (Hyacinth)
March 11 - daffodils coming up.
March 14- yellow crocus blooming. Water at the park is really low; it dropped quickly. Geese acting abnormal: going up on the hill, which they never do. Weird awful smell outside. Blood moon, total lunar eclipse. Highs near 80. Early tulips are sprouting.
March 16 - cooler today and it’s been raining all morning. The waterway filled back up quick. My catnip survived winter and looks to be flourishing. I found maybe 4 or 5 more hyacinth sprouts poking through. The neighbor’s purple crocus are blooming at last.
March 23- cold spring morning, about 25 degrees.
March 24 - white and purple crocus coming up. Bleeding heart sprouting. New growth on coral bells.
March 28 - daffodils blooming. Single purple crocus blooming. It appears we are a few weeks behind other areas nearby, maybe because we’re in the heights? Got my potatoes, radishes and garlic planted. Forsythia is blooming!
March 29 - too cloudy to see the double sun. Supposed to be about 75 today. Saw a butterfly and the first dandelion.
March 30 - hostas and toadflax sprouting.
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