Weather: Cloudy cool. Snow on Peavine ridge yesterday.
Wetlands: Rains stopped yesterday afternoon and wetlands pools have lowered some.
Wildlife: This spring about 6 Pheasant cocks are observed regularly. Most seem to be Ringneck-Sichuan crosses. On April 19 saw about six blue butter flys in the Oak leaves in front of the shop. Caught two in a jar and photographed them for ID. Sent slide in to crop and enlarge 5X7 prints. Also having a CD made. Since then have seen a single blue near the house and by the stream crossing.
Plants: The mini-lupine in excavated parking area have been blooming for over week. Some of these are in the recently constructed drainage channels of the upper wetlands. Both areas have about 6 inches of top material excavated. The seeds may have been exposed. The large leaf lupine are shooting up flower stocks.
Forest: The wild Cherries have a good crop of berries. Need ID on these trees as they don’t have red cherries as indicated for the native BitterCherry.