spring has sprung

      today being the first day of spring, and feels more like the first day of summer as we get used to our new climate brought to you by burning hydrocarbons with reckless abandon. i am guilty of it and i suppose you could call me a hypocrite. but i have seen a continued push to increase the size of vehicles , rather than decrease. to see a f-250 super cab running around with one person in it. well i guess if you have to , then do it. i have an old f-150 with a six cylinder engine built in 1989. and it carries me and whats her name. i turn to her to much when writing, so this time i know she wont be left out. 

       the ducks have taken to doing a walk about after about one year at the farm. someone asked me what they ate one time and i said i thought it was paranoia as it seemed they never left the pond for a whole year. they have ate everything around the pond, and very little grows where the ducks go. they cleaned out the algae and something off the bottom of the pond as i saw them diving for it.but lately they have been on a walk about or as in the case of the ducks a waddle -about. venturing into unknown and uncharted  territory as i saw them confidently cross the drive , far from the safety of their watering hole, for what i may ask?  

     my guess they have been on a worm and bug hunt. searching and appearing to be finding something to eat in the grass. this should allow my pond to heal if they continue searching for food elsewhere. but none the less they have their fish food daily and are glad to run back and eagerly wait the floating morsels. 

       i bought duck food from those guys at tsc who i believe are clueless about ducks. as mine just quit eating when fed the regular duck food. i just went back out and bought fish food and figured ducks knew best. 

       i placed a truck cap alongside pond to give the ducks shelter and only now after winter is over the ducks are starting to regularly use the cap. now their need is for shade. also i believe they may be laying there soon. i was hoping to remove the cap if they were not using it . so suddenly they now have an interest in cap. figures

   the above pic is from harlem springs where they have a bison farm is and you can drive right alongside the pasture fields and observe the buffalo grazing close to the car. this a township road and a county road close to their pasture field and a lovely log cabin close. these guys were unconcerned as they ate their way along on the new grass brought on by the gentle warm winds of spring. harlem springs is southwest of carrollton ohio about 15 miles on st. rt. 39. look for signs for buffalo.

      and the forsythia is in bloom as well as daffodils. the peach tree buds are swelling , hopefully avoiding a late frost. and tomorrow i need to get equipment ready for mowing. this weather has been so nice , that while listening to the weatherman tonight figured we can do without these weather persons now . i think someone traded our old ohio in for a california weather minus the smog. also this is a good time to hit the back roads around carrollton as they truly have the most daffodils planted along their roadways . it is glorious to be driving along and see patches of daffodils. maybe i will head down there soon.

      and it is almost time for the morel mushroom hunt to begin if it hasn't already started . i think the old mushroom hunters always keep a bag of morels frozen or even freeze dried, just to show you their catch. at home we always measured your take of morels by how many bread sacks full you picked.  as some of those guys claims seem a little out there. i look and look and never find . oh well will try again this year. after i plant some garden , mow the lawn and about 100 other jobs that spring has sprung.