Tree Planting at Vermillion RiverWhat a muddy mess. I didn't get a picture, but we planted just shy of 315 trees in an ex-pasture along the Vermillion River. Its one of about 14 trout streams in the gravitational pull of the twin cities. The DNR and Friends of the Mississippi River were there with a whole bunch of little twiggy trees and protective tubes and shovels. All this rain made everything really easy to dig, and we didn't have to water them. But what a lot of mud. Cottonwoods closer to the banks, some shrubs for higher lying areas. It sleet/hailed ever so slightly for a little while. The birds didn't give a sniff that we were tromping around. I saw Barn Swallows and Red-winged blackbirds in abundance.
Bird watching at Eloise Butler Wildflower and Bird Sanctuary.
Eastern Kingbird was the jem here. Sara and I strolled through these winding paths with no end of little things to wonder at. Lots of familiar locals- I got a nice shot of some honeysuckle. We were attacked by diving bugs and mosquitoes.
Also walked through a bog. Real, true to life, loamy, alive bog. The Quaking Bog to be precise. Right smack in the middle of Minneapolis.
Jardin d'Andrea
Stupid stupid cold. Enough threatening frosty weather that I haven't put a thing in the ground. But I've got a couple happy corners and a whole lotta space eager for some roots!
Name of Flower -- Snapdragons -- Other Name of Flower
Ok, this is creeping jenny (Lysimachia Nummularia). I know its technically a weed, but this is just too lovely not to notice. 
Of course. But I'm not one for chemicals, so I don't really get much choice here.
Who can resist petunias? This is the only color in my flowerbeds this season. Everything else is white.
