Rain has come to South Dakota, leaving the ground wet and lush while bushes and grass and flowers and trees are pushing forth their buds and new shoots and blooms. It's an explosion of green in Madison, with the snow only so recently gone.
I've transplanted some lilac shoots from along the driveway back into the area behind the row of ancient lilacs that stand tall and bloom with gusto once the spring is fully under way. I hope the new rains will keep the lilacs and other plants newly transplanted alive until they can sink their roots and fend for themselves.
I'm watching too the trees I planted last fall when the Arbor Day trees came in and I managed to plant them before the snow came. Whether those tiny sprigs will survive is anyone's guess, but they got more care than ones I usually got, including some chicken wire to protect them from deer and squirrels and other sapling-eating beasts.
Speaking of beasts, it's been fun to see some relatively rare animals recently. We've tracked down several eagle nests and seen some bald eagles, and a fox crossed our trail on the drive to Brookings. And in the back yard, we saw a mink the other day, and a groundhog. And deer and squirrels are regular visitors. So we've got some company in our little patch of earth.
I'm hoping to get some writing done today, and this little exercise has limbered up the keyboard.
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