Greeting spring

The last frost appears to be history. Tomato plants are in the ground. There's grass to be cut.

It will be nice to see the end of the pollen season, and watch the green leaves grow to maturity.

So much has changed around the family's Greenville County (former) farm. Fresh deer tracks appear in the yard and garden overnight. There were no deer in the area when I was growing up there. We have turkey in the woods. The woods between the house and lake are a wonderful sanctuary for birds and other wildlife.

I planted four Shumard oaks, which are now beginning to put on their spring leaves. There's a little Johnny Appleseed in me; I like planting trees.