4-20

Today, as expected, I found a few Columbines and Miterworts in bloom. Long-spurred Violets were an unexpected bonus as were the Stem-swaddling pink flowers of Daphne - an introduced shrub which now grows wild in New England. Two deer, a partridge and a garter snake viewed my presence in the woods with varying degrees of mild alarm, and when the breezes died black flies made their presence known.