Squirrels

How did the squirrels know about the sunflower seeds in the bottle? They even ate the plastic. Did they get stomach pain?

New England: Beach day in April!

Boston set a record today with a high temperature of 86 degrees. What better way to enjoy such a beautiful weather as with a visit at Crane Beach?

The only downside is that the magnolia blossoms don't last:

Long Patriots' Day Weekend in MA

This was a great long weekend, filled with sunshine and gardening. Here in MA, we celebrate Patriots' day every year on the third Monday in April. It's a holiday commemorating the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolutionary war. Early risers can visit the re-enactment of one of the major battles in our neighbor town Lexington.

In our first year in the States, we went at six in the morning to watch the re-enactment, starting with Paul Revere's ride and right afterwards the battle at Lexington's green. There have been so many other spectators there that we hardly could see anything, but we got a great pancake breakfast after the battle in one of the churches in Lexington.

This year, we spent the long weekend working in the garden: we needed an extension to the irigation system and an additional fence unit. I also spent a couple of hours cleaning up, seeding and replanting. A lot is in bloom, even the apricot tree:

For Easter