I think we’ve seen the last of the snow. Maybe. I hope.

Last of the Snow Plow Piles by the Road.

Last of the Snow Plow Piles by the Drive.

I’d like to say we’ve seen the last of the snow, but those pictures were taken on May 15^th and it has snowed a bit every day since then.  At the elevation of my house, what would melt into rain if it had a few more thousand feet to fall ends up here as snow.  But the ground is warm and the snow doesn’t stick.  So maybe we are done…  (Although the temperatures are still rather lower than I am used to at this time of year.)

But things are melting – or rain is falling somewhere above me because there is a little stream running down next to my neighbor’s house across the street.  It runs into the drainage ditch along the road.  Follows that for a while, then runs through a culvert under the road and continues down the hill, next to my other neighbor.  So I get to hear the running water, but it is not “mine.”

Snow Melt or Rainfall:  Streamlet Next Across the Street.

In any case, I was inspired by the clear weather to walk around the yard to see what might be coming up and here’s what I found:

Might be Coral Bells and an “Eye Stone."

First Flower?

Gotta Be Something Important, but I Have No Clue.

STRAWBERRIES!  YAY!

The birdbath is broken, so apparently they turned it into a planter…

Birdbath.

Hens and Chicks?  Not one of my favorites, but at this point, anything that will grow is welcome!

And, finally, this.  Which was apparently something and may be so again…

Maybe the weather will be better in New Zealand!