Happa asks....

"You think bars can hold me ?"

Vernal Equinox

It's time to pet the pussy willows.

Salix chaenomeloides

Salix chaenomeloides

The Japanese species is bursting with stamens.

Salix discolor

The native species is a bit behind.

Snow-rain-wintery mix is forecast for the next four days.

Happy vernal equinox!

Happa Says....

" Feed me a bit of fresh spring grass,

And I'll let you scratch my head."

Crocus

When the crocus bloom, spring can't be far behind.

I love the contrast of the orange stamens and stigmas with the purple petals.

Happa Says....

"I am Destructo Bun."
 

"You didn't really think a little bit of plastic tubing
 was going to stop me from destroying this lamp cord, did you?"

Nemophilist

 

That's me.

Above the house above Heck Creek

Harbingers too

The robins were hopping and fluttering and chasing each other 

around the back yard this morning.

Turdus

This one is performing a one-legged balancing act.

Harbingers

Crocus

Galanthus

Narcissus

Winter Sunlight

What's happened at Heck Creek so far

We purchased the land in October, 2010--

42 acres of steep hillside in Madison County, NC.

Our big white oak and decrepit shed down by the creek

Summer 2011 we hired the father-son team of William and Edwin 
to install a culvert so we could get across Heck Creek, 
put in a driveway to the house site, excavate the house basement and 
install a sewer system.  

Ralph views the culvert

Edwin does the initial clearing of the driveway

Driveway grading

Robyn, Ralph and Rhiannon in the basement

Summer 2012 the well was dug,

Well-drilling truck

Ralph at the well head

 and the electric line run underground up the driveway.

The electric box

So now all we need to do is build the house!