Month of the Planting Moon

by Cindy ~ May 2, 2008

It’s hard to believe we’re already into May, yikes. We made another long and tiresome trip to Ann Arbor earlier in the week, and I wish I’d at least stuck my small Canon g6 in my purse. There’s not much I enjoy about crowded suburbia downstate, but the flowering ornamental trees and bulb flowers were resplendant and so full of bright colors. Our area dogwoods are at their peak now and are being hammered by winds and rains, so I’m glad we took a short drive down a few area trails to view them yesterday. While scoping out an area lake for trumpeter swans, I heard our first eastern meadowlark and enjoyed a swamp sparrow as he scolded me good for parking too close.

Like clockwork a beautiful male rose-breasted grosbeak appeared at the feeders today. We lost quite a bit of flora to a few hard freezes, so a trip to the greenhouse is in order soon - pretty sure we saw a r.t. hummingbird darting across a trail lare in the afternoon, so it’s time to get nectar, flowers and oranges out for our new guests very soon.
Appreciate all of the recent emails.. my ‘to answer’ folder overfloweth :)