When Andy got home yesterday he said,
It must be Spring! Today we had snow, rain, hail, wind and sun.
And our local paper warned that Spring is indeed here, which means predators — bears, mountain lions, coyotes and bobcats — are out and about, looking for food and water. So take the usual precautions — be careful if you see babies to make sure the mother doesn’t consider you a threat, don’t let pets out at night, always supervise young children when they’re playing outside, etc.
What is Spring like where you are?
May 5, 2018
My crab apple tree is blooming pink and my apple is blush.
Everything is popping up and sprouting just within the last 2 days!
So I am HAPPY!
I’ve heard of coyotes in this area and there have been sightings of them coming into neighborhoods in some of the cities.
Today as I was driving home from work on the Interstate I had to slow down for construction. I saw something dead on the side of the road and at crust thought it was a big raccoon. As I got closer I was upset thinking it was a dog and then when I was right up beside it I realized it was a COYOTE! I couldn’t believe it!
I’m working up putting up taller fencing. I’m scared for my little ones.
I’m happy about your plants, but I agree about a good fence for your pups. Around here a hungry coyote will even follow a human walking, or even carrying, a dog sometimes.
(Spellcheck changed “first” to CRUST! Just crazy ?)
Good Lord! Come on, Spellcheck!
our first severe weather outbreak was this week. you know where the storm chasers are all out and whatever fronts are racing through the state.
Norman’s sirens sounded three different times. sure enough. an F1 right down Hwy 9 on it’s way to Lake Thunderbird. with their equipment now they can tell you what street it will be on at what time. it tickles me. like airplanes…
Rockcreek Rd at 7:17 pm.
anyway i just went on to bed. thinking… and hello folks. spring is officially here!
flowers are in bloom and it’s lovely. no bears and cubs though. too urban for that. it’s why i love seeing them in your newspaper! but coyotes and hawks… many of them! you also have to watch ‘little ones’ like Cindi’s with the hawks. the hawks are strong and swift and fierce!
I haven’t heard of problems with hawks here. That’s a new one. Good luck with the weather!
Our snow finally melted. We have rabbits and deer in our suburban neighborhood. And of course lots of flying things on and around our pond across the road. No real predators, though.
I imagine some people don’t like the rabbits and deer if they’re trying to raise plants, but much better than predators!
well, it will be a little while before Spring is sprung here…but today obviously weather guru, just couldn’t decide how to handle Sunday…
I woke to an unusual noise a chook squawking somewhere around 6.15am – too early for sure. Hope whoever has decided to keep chooks learns about neighbours waking up/not.
Then I noted the rain, and it wasn’t pleasant at all…I had to postpone my trip to an event (my choice) as I would need to bus there. My usual chauffeur away…that rain made it all damp/cold here so on with heating…
Which I turned off around 10ish – and about an hour, out came the sun – so off with a few layers. In fact, I could’ve gone to the event as I did have the offer of one way!
Beautiful all arvo until the sun started to set, when it got a bit cooler, but I don’t think I need the heating on…tonight.
I’ve now learned a new word, “chook”. What fun! In spite of your cancelled trip it sounds like you had a good day. That’s good. 🙂
hohoho – on the chook – interesting I was awake before any chook would woken me up with a dreadful tune – and there hasn’t been any noises of that nature today – quite a bit yesterday, maybe the new owner decided didn’t enjoy the “wake up call” either…
today gorgeous sun – working on some other “treasures” into something new today – gotta iron out a slight technique…
Like Cathy who is over the ditch in New Zealand mentioned it’s going to be a while before we see Spring in Australia however after a few cold days it’s settled into a pattern of coldish nights and pleasant days. Eg. Tonights forecast is down to 9c/48f and up to 20c/68f tomorrow. No rain though and we desperately need rain.
When it does arrive Spring brings the ‘swooping season’ with nesting magpies being a problem – here’s a report put out by Australian Geographic
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/08/everything-you-need-to-know-about-magpie-season/
Enjoy your Spring
Thank you for that link! I was swooped by a bird once. It didn’t draw blood, but it wasn’t fun. The trouble is after the first time it had it in for me, and for a while it would swoop whenever I went outside. Yuck! I’m so glad it isn’t that prevalent here.
Spring is here and the temperature is finally rising. Just about warm enough to sit in the garden. No bears, mountain lions, coyotes or bobcats, thankfully. Only the usual reckless cats rushing across busy roads and somehow not getting mown down. Oh and plenty of squirrels.
I’m not as aware of squirrels down here, but we had them on the land before all the trees burned down. I’ve never seen a cat rushing across a road, probably because we have too many coyotes. 🙂
Spring for us is very short and in any case, I live in a city where it hardly makes a difference. It just brings in warmer days.
I am however glad that your climate has changed and that perhaps danger from fires is now gone.
I’m afraid the fire danger is just starting. It usually peaks in June. 🙁
Our spring has been one for the record books, cooler than normal up to the very last week of April. The blossoms on our azaleas and tulips have bloomed and are now gone, as has those of all of our daffodils except for a few late varieties. All the trees are leafed out now and nothing was damaged, that I can see, by the late freezes. There are some wonderful rose ( http://haw-creek.com/rose-morefield/ ) and iris blooms, this year and the tiger lilies are going to be very thick, though none have yet bloomed.
We only went through Arkansas once, but loved all the greenery. I’m happy for you about all of the flowers, and that nothing seems to have been damaged by the freezes. So far our fruit trees have survived the frosts, but the danger hasn’t completely passed yet. Fingers crossed.
Our spring is fabulous here in the Pacific North West! But we still have the eternal concern of having an extended dry spell!
Yes, I’ve heard about your springs. Fingers crossed about the drought!