Daily Archives: February 26, 2014

Always a good day for late winter garden chores.

I am not working today because I have had to finally purchase a new refrigerator. The large side-by- side which the previous owners purchased is not cooling all the time. Probably something with the thermostat, as I have to turn it to off then back on to encourage the compressor to come on!

Oh well, I have been in the house for 11 years and who knows how long ago the previous owners purchased it? It is way too large for a single person. I purchased a smaller refrigerator with an automatic ice maker and an Energy Star rating, too.

Since I am home and it’s is sunny and about 50f – out to the yard I go!

As I was collecting limbs and pinecones I came across some rabbit scat. I see the Eastern Cotton Tail almost daily. They love the thick shrubbery and tasty lawn grass and will nibble the liriope, too!

They sleep in a circle with their tails together. This is so they may make a quick escape but still keep each other warm!

Their night deposits are small piles of pellet-sized scat.

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I know I have posted plenty pictures of the hellebores in the garden but they have bloomed all winter and are amazing!

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Loads of limbs!

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Lilacs are budding as are the forsythia and other Spring bloomers!

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I love this little dog house at Target! But Gus is an indoor dog!

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Did I mention that foxes are the new owls?

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