Warm enough, just a touch breezy (really breezy, not windy), cloudy this morning but scattered clouds now: a lovely day.
I did my first sweep for tumbleweeds this morning and found a few. They appear quite innocuous when they first sprout. Hah! I’m getting ahead of them this year, no matter what. (I’ve never been indifferent to their presence, but last year there was a small patch out front that I didn’t notice until late July, and that caused a few problems. I found blown tumbleweeds all around this winter, which means that I must be vigilant to prevent a major tumbleweed outbreak. Oh well.)
On the other hand, the evening primrose are especially bountiful and beautiful this year. The verbena is just starting to bloom. The filaree has been blooming for two or three weeks now, but last year it was blooming in January. (I have mixed feelings about filaree: the purple flowers are pretty, but I don’t think it’s really native here and the plants develop thorns. Filaree is everywhere, though, so I don’t delude myself that I’ll be able to eradicate it. I just pull it out of my garden and walkways.)