Tuesday, March 17, 2009

What have they done?

I've been watching flickers



for weeks now, poking deep into the soil, leaving so many holes behind that some places look like someone fired a shotgun. Although the flickers are around all the time, it's only in late winter that I see them working over special areas together. Then, today, I look out to see: newborn leaves on the roses, lilac, crabapples and flowering currants, glossy maroon buds on the horse chestnut,and suddenly there are more things blooming than I can easily list.

I think I know what the flickers were up to: they tore a hole in winter so spring could get in!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ah! I am so glad they do that!
Patt