Bloomin' Spring

Selfie Sunday has been taken over by our spring plants, taking their own selfies!

Yellow Violet

 

Jacob's Ladder

Pussytoes

White Trillium

Golden Alexander

Woodland Phlox

Rue Anemone

Wood Poppy

And, okay...a Manny Selfie!

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Henry Update:

The H Man has been eating, and we've got a good med routine.

Will end these daily notes, and promise to report if anything changes.

Am taking as a good sign that he chewed his catnip fish toy to pieces; there is catnip all over the floor.

Thank you all so very much for your continued support and love for our Henry.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

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Let's Hop!

May Day, May Day!

April showers bring May Flowers!

Celebrate May Day by enjoying a few of the spring flowers in our yard:

Wood Poppy
(Stylophorum diphyllum)

Red-berried Elder
(Sambucus racemosa)

White Trillium
(Trillium grandiflorum)

Woodland Phlox
(Phlox divaricata)

Rue Anemone
(Thalictrum thalictroides)

Spring Beauty
(Claytonia virginica L.)

Downy Yellow Violet
(Viola pubescens)

These are plants that experts say were alive and well in Michigan before Europeans settled.

The native birds, bees, bugs, and bats all evolved with these plants, and they are acclimated to our environment.

🌿🌞🌧️

Sprunging

We are thankful that Spring is sprunging!

A few images from our garden:

Pussytoes

Pussywillow

Jack in the Pulpit

Wood Poppy

Violets

The first two plants were must-haves for us, since they refer to cats!

There are other plants with weird names: Doll's Eyes, Spiderwort, and Rattlesnake Master.

Every plant that I add to the garden is a native Michigan plant, meaning it was thriving here before Europeans walked through after 1492.

Native plants are acclimated to the climate; they don't need to be pampered.

In addition, they attract native bees, bugs, birds, and bats; creatures who are under stress from lawn chemicals and insecticides, noise pollution, loss of habitat, and diseases brought in by non-native hosts. 

Let's Hop!

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