Monday, January 01, 2007

January 1

January first came with a cough just as the last seven morning have. I sure am getting tired of the cold virus that has me by the throat.

Meanwhile, the temperatures are anything but January like this morning. It was 8 degrees C this morning at 5:00 and the temperature has only dropped a bit during the day. It should start moving down soon as it's supposed to be -2 this evening.

I found two wild flowers in bloom before 10 a.m. this morning. Both are varieties of chickweeds. This first one is the Common Chickweed. I have found it blooming under snow before but . . .


The second flower is Mouse-ear Chickweed. It's the first time I have ever seen it blooming during a January day.

This Woolly Bear was crawling across the lawn this afternoon near the dog's pen. Lucky it didn't drown.


2 comments:

Pam in Tucson said...

Happy New Year, OW and Eglantine! May 2007 bring all that you wish for. Hope that cough was a false alarm. Amazed that you're still finding wildflowers.

robin andrea said...

Happy new year. Sorry to hear about your cough, and hope that your health improves soon. We're having a real winter here in the northwest. Rainy, windy, and cold.