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Another gorgeous day

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I just love it when we have beautiful days in the dead of winter. It warmed up to 18 C or 64 F today … that’s almost unheard of here in Toronto!

I had to resist a strong urge to go out and putter in my garden! There’s still a little bit of snow out there – or at least there was some in the shady areas in the afternoon … it’s possible that it melted away by now.

So I was looking out at my garden from the kitchen window .. the leaves on the ground and in the garden beds, the roses that I didn’t prune in the fall, plants that needed to be pulled out after they died down last fall … and that’s when the urge to get out there and tidy up the garden hit me.

Of course it’s the beginning of March. I’m sure we’ll have one or two snow storms and some desperately cold weather before Spring really arrives … so no, I didn’t go out into the garden no matter how much I wanted to. It would have been a wasted effort and if I’d started pruning it might even have hurt the plants one the cold weather returns.

Instead my dog got an extra long walk in the afternoon and a long walk in the evening. She also was given a walk, as usual, in the morning by my husband. So we all got some good exercise and we’re able to enjoy the amazingly warm March weather.

Did it warm up in your area too? If it did, did you get outside to enjoy it too?






A Spring-like day

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It was beautiful outside today. The weatherman was reporting yesterday that while we were expecting warmer than normal temperatures (6 Celsius (42 F)) we were also going to have a mix of snow and rain and then finally – showers.

Well, so far that hasn’t happened. We had a little snow last night, but with the above freezing temps the little we got has melted away and most of the snow that had remained from the last snow storm is now gone too. No rain or snow so far today either.

My dog Midnight and I took advantage of the nice weather by taking and extra walk in the afternoon. It felt like Spring. I can hardly wait until it really does start to warm up!

Over the last several years my crocus’, the ones that I planted right in my front and back lawn, usually begin to come up and have their first bloom right around March 26th so I only have about a month to wait until my first outdoor flowers begin to appear. Oh I can’t wait for Spring!

Raccoons in love?

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Wordless Wednesday

Aw, don’t they make a cute couple?

raccoons in love

I don’t know if this is just a hug, play or something else (maybe peekaboo since one has it’s paws over the others eyes?).

I certainly hope that they aren’t getting ready to make more raccoon babies!

Now that the weather has warmed up here in Toronto (the snows actually melting and it’s been raining a LOT) we’ve been seeing raccoons almost daily! One seems to like our driveway. I guess I’ll have to walk the dog in the driveway a few times during the day to get her scent there in the hopes that it will scare the raccoon away.

If it’s warmer in your area, have you been seeing more wildlife lately?

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