On a May morning
Some
days, my life lacks coherence and is simply an unending string of awed
discoveries. Here's Monday in a nutshell....
I woke to the sound of
rushing water --- the floodplain is submerged.
A scuffle in the hallway
--- Huckleberry caught a mouse.
Blueberry
bushes are coated in hundreds of flowers, some starting to open.
Seven male toads
beckon lovers from our mushroom soaking kiddie pool.
Tiny fuzzball peaches
are swelling fast, now bigger than my thumbnail.
Stir-fry for dinner ---
dozens of Egyptian onions, some overwintered carrots and parsnips, and
shiitakes sodden from three plus inches of rain.
The first lightning bugs
danced in the dark.
I hope your spring days
are as sweet!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Toads!
I love those toad pictures.
Comment by
mark
— Tue May 4 16:13:07 2010
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comment 2
Thank you! So nice to have such willing subjects.
Comment by
anna
— Tue May 4 16:23:24 2010
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Wow, you can't improve on that. What a lovely place you live in. Glad it is all going well. I want some of those toads 
Comment by
HeatherW
— Tue May 4 21:35:14 2010
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comment 4
Give them the right habitat, and toads will move right in! They're very handy in the garden too, eating up slugs and other bad guys.
Comment by
anna
— Wed May 5 07:17:09 2010
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