May 29th

Well, I mowed, but it hardly made a difference to those damn dandelions!!

May 28th

Really, really have to mow!!

May 27th

Supposed to be rainy today, instead it is warm and fairly sunny.

Looks like I have to mow again very soon.

Daffodills.
Golden spirea, delphinium and peony in the background.

Euphorpbia polychromata
The yellow patches aren't flowers, but bracts.
(Just like the red "flowers" of Poinsettia, which is a close relative, are also bracts)

The rhubarb is already going to seed!

The one fancy tulip that escaped the marauding deer, who ate all the other tulips not growing next to the house. AND they ate some daffodils, and those are supposed to be poisonous to deer!

Do you see any hostas? No, nor do I. That's because the deer ate them all!!!

The tomato cages are a recent attempt to keep the dear little deers away.

May 26th

We never got the sunny day promised, but it was fairly warm (18C) , cloudy with strong south westerly winds

May 25th

Finally!! The sun!
Going to be a lot of mowing in the neighbourhood today!

May 24th

Cold and rainy nearly all day. Started to clear off late in the afternoon.

May 23rd

Rained most if the day. 8C in the afternoon.

The lawn needs mowing, but it's a swamp!

May 22nd

Sunny in the morning, got cloudier and colder through the afternoon. Thunder and lightning by early evening.

May 21st

Cold, blowing wind and rain all day. Rain stopped late afternoon. Never got over about 9C. A lobster fisherman told me they had some snow out on the Strait! I can believe it.

May 20th

Cold most of the day, warming up in the afternoon.

The orange tulips in the left foreground are coming along nicely.

An uncommon sight in this garden - a red breasted grosbeak (male).

May 19th

It was warm, but rained all day until mid/late afternoon.

May 18th

A little better today. Much warmer and sunnier.

Tulips, gazania ..... and dandelion

May 17th

Cold all day. Rain in the afternoon and evening.

May 16th

14C

May 15th

Finally, some warmer weather! 14C

May 14th

Still cold and windy

May 13th

Sunny all day, but a nor'easter kept it very cold all day

Hyacinths in front with the Euphorbia polychromata doing nicely behind

The scillas are nearly past their best

May 12th

4C

May 11th

8:40pm and 5.5C

It has been a miserably cold and windy day. The sky finally started to clear this evening.

May 10th

It might have got as warm as 7C today, but (so far) none of the heavy rain predicted.

Spotted the first humming birds of the season at two different feeders. They return to the same feeders each year and if mine are not out ready for them in time, they twitter their disapproval. I cannot imagine what else they would feed on right now. There are no native plants flowering that I have noticed. They can require as much as 15,000 calories a day! From where?

The porcupine seems to have moved out.

Very happy to have mowed last night. Will be complaining about it in a few months!

May 9th

Cool and cloudy all day.

First mowing of the season in the evening of the shaggiest and driest areas. It is supposed to rain for the next several days.

May 8th

Taken moments before it clouded over for the day. Showers later and cooler than yesterday.

Hope I can mow soon!

May 7th

Misty early, sunny later and went up to at least 19C

I need to mow soon .... if it ever dries up!

May 6th

May 5th

Drizzly rain in the morning, sunny later

May 4th

Foggy in the morning, sunny afternoon

May 3rd

10C at 1pm, to be warmer later

May 2nd

1.6C at 7am

May 1st

12:30pm and starting to snow

4pm and 0.7C

It's May 1st! What's with all this snow?!

This young porcupine is going to have to move out. It's trimming my tree branches more than is healthy for them.

Number three fairway and "green"