The only white I still wanted to see this year until next
winter was the chokecherry tree in bloom. It happened and the tree looks
beautiful. I managed to cut off all the diseased branches, but some of the main
stems are affected and eventually our\ beautiful tree will die. Until then
we’ll enjoy it.
The white I’m talking about is the snow we got last night.
Not much, but enough to cover the grass. It all melted away during the day.
What worries me is the drop in temperature. It is supposed to go down to minus
6C tonight. Our ornamental crab-apple tree is also in full bloom. It looks more
gorgeous than ever. Last year we had only a few blooms on the tree. My question
now is will the blooms on both trees freeze and fall off tonight? That would be
such a shame.
This whole weekend was not nice. First we had rain and then
in the evening came the snow, accompanied by high winds. The wind was so strong
it blew over one of our birdhouses. The pole broke off at the bottom and
toppled over. I’m not crying that much over the birdhouse itself. It was old
and I had in mind to build a new one this year, but now the pole is broken off.
I don’t know if I want to dig a deep hole into the ground to secure the pole
again, but if I want the second birdhouse I have no choice.
Fortunately, there were no birds in the birdhouse. They are
all nesting in the other one. I guess this one was too old for them. Who wants
to move into a slum area if you have the choice to move into an almost new
home? Now I worry about the birdhouse that is still standing. I just rebuilt it
a couple of years ago and it won’t survive a fall to the ground. It is too
heavy for that. I think I’ll put up a
guy-wire to secure the pole from the north winds. It may help.
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| Luckily, no casualties |
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