15 May 2013

En attendant le beau temps

Interminable waiting. En attendant temps beau, you could say. It's still too chilly to set seedlings out in the garden plots. Temperatures are well below normal for mid-May. Oh well, it certainly is green everywhere. Here's Callie on our walk yesterday afternoon.


Flowers are plentiful, as are birds and bees. Between the cuckooing of the coucou birds and the loud kwee-kwee-kwee-kweeing of the green woodpeckers, there's no need for an alarm clock. Bees and other bugs buzz all around.


Off in the distance, and sometimes closer by, we can hear the purring of tractor engines. As the vines start to green up, the manual labor of pruning is done and the mechanized work of plowing, fertilizing, treating, and trimming has begun.


It's another gray morning. The muted light is pretty against the green backdrop, but what wouldn't we give for a few more sunny, warm days?

14 comments:

  1. The bee picture is amazing!

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  2. The weather is so chilly that the poor bees are sluggish, LOL.

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  3. WOW! I've never seen a bee that close-up....even in a picture! Amazing!

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  4. Brrrrrrr! It is cold, isn't it.
    The ground here is still a bit too wet to work easily, too!
    First task today is to make a base for a mini-serre to double our sheltered space for seedlings...
    but the weeds and grass don't seem worried by the cold!! Dammit!!!!

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  5. C'est effectivement très vert !! Très très vert !! lol ! " En mai, fait ce qu'il te plaît !" il est vrai qu'autrefois et au Moyen-âge les gens étaient plus robustes.

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  6. Hi Tim, I was surprised by the cold wind when I went out for the walk with the dog this a.m.

    Bonjour Jean Laine, oui, c'est certain. Mais quand même ! Ça caille.

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  7. Great photos, Ken!
    It hit 94° here in St. Louis yesterday! What!!? Nuts!

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  8. Loved the first photo of Callie surrounded by all the lush greenery.
    The bee photo is also fantastic.

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  9. Twice on Monday we had snow briefly.


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  10. 94 degrees, Judith? Guess hot weather is heading my way and we'll send it on to Ken.

    Your photos today are some of your best, Ken! Callie probably likes the weather just as it is right now. Our Spring is a strange one so far.

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  11. Quite a bit!! I'm getting tired of being chilled.

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  12. Carolyn, so sorry to hear it.

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  13. yep - love that bee pic! great work
    :-)

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  14. I'm with Cheryl--love the bee photo!

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