The annual splendor of the Asian Pear is about to happen - or maybe not. The winds of January 7th stripped almost all the old leaves off the tree - although the new ones are coming through in a very spring like fashion - and I suspect it took a fair amount of the blossom buds off, too. And some enthusiastic squirrels, and battalions of finches, have been grazing on it, too. So it remains to be seen whether it will look anything like as magnificent as it usually does. But also - I'm still finding it very hard to look out of the bedroom window at our magnificent view and see anything other than fuel for fires ... which is not the most comforting way of looking at it.
Any more critters' sightings--owls, raccoons, or coyotes? Or Timothee le chat?
ReplyDeleteWe're having many, many possums. Usually a skunk every other night; raccoons almost nightly; and last week a Bobbie! And Brian the coyote patrols most nights. I regret to say that no sign of Timothée for a couple of months, which makes me more than a little concerned. Also, the possums have eaten all the lettuces, and more mystifyingly, some juicy succulents.
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