OK, I've been remiss as a blogger and, to a lesser extent, as a phenologist. I have all sorts of excuses, though they all boil down to one, really... I've been on school trips. This means that a lot of the observations I've made haven't been here, but rather 2 hours north or 2 hours south. It also means I'm extremely busy, and extremely tired. So some data has been lost. I know. Irretrievable. A day of laziness, data lost forever. There's always next year.
At any rate, I'm typing this on May 23, but I've dated the post 5/16, because I actually did take these pictures on that date. Just didn't make it to step 2, uploading (or step 3, writing, or step 4, publishing...) So here's just a taste of what was happening a week ago:
Columbine blooming.
Dogwood (red-osier) blooming.
Chokeberry blooming, and feeding a big fat bee.
Honeysuckle blooming. All over, because they're terribly invasive.
Also important to note: we had our last freeze on 5/14, which was a very cold day. I don't think it topped 40 as a high... there may have also been frost on 5/17. There was where I was sleeping, and that was SOUTH of here, so it would make sense. But I wasn't home to witness it.
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