Done banding birds, thank goodness. I have mixed feelings about the whole experience... the instructor was phenomenal, patience of a saint and an encyclopedic knowledge of birds. We didn't have enough birds coming through the area for me to feel comfortable handling them, it's just too early and too cold in April in Haines. The class room time was frustrating because Pyle guide is a giants part catalog written in a secret language...impossible to understand with out lots of bird time.
Aaanyway... getting back to normal takes a while. Norman was actually shoveling the back yard out sometime around the last post... I am so lucky to have an amazing southern exposure so all this snow is gone except one patch over by the back of the house. There are actually starts in the beds he's standing near in these photos.
New compost bin! Old one is to the right behind the spindly tree. It has the best rich black compost in it, but if I start stacking the newly raked stuff on the old pile... besides the old "bin" is a smashed up chicken wire semi circle. I hope the new wood one is big enough for all my composting ambitions.
Making art dolls for hanging in the Golden Mouse gallery, Sarah doesn't want to overlap with Svenson's in art for sale. That's good for me, more variety, more creativity, less rut!
Bread with a small rhino.
Sunflowers and marigolds put out in the early sometimes warm spring sun. Jars are night time cloches because it's really not that warm.
...and Biscuit.
