Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Spring 2013 at home

 Here are a few recent pictures of the place.  In the last two weeks we have received most of our rainfall for May, now at 2.04 inches.  The cutting of scotch broom is a big priority now before it goes to seed.  On our recent trip to Canada, we noticed it has spread up the Olympic peninsula and onto Vancouver Island, BC.






THE NORTH WIND

When the north wind blows in the late spring and early summer it brings hot dry weather.   The green grass begins to turn brown and the fire...