Maybe other have seen this before but it was a new one on me. This is a wild strawberry plant blooming in April. Not at the end of April but we are just one day past the center of the month. The cultivated strawberries will be early, too, at this rate.

Lots of water in the pond off of Gully Road as evidenced by the picture of the boardwalk. On the other end of the pond we saw what we thought is marks of beaver chewing on the wood. Could this be the reason for the higher water?

Yesterday we saw a flock of about 6 blue birds on the west side of the Gully Road pond and lots of geese in the pond. Spring is in the air, although there was some snow on top of the mud on the ground.

Very quiet in the woods today, we neither saw nor heard any wildlife.

Gray December days. It starts getting dark about 4:00. Lots of mud on the trails and branches down from last night's rain.

The frogs were croaking away as we walked along the east side of the Gully Road pond. We also noticed the remains of turtle eggs on the east side of the pond. The holes looked quite fresh. This little red eft skittered across the path as we headed up the O'Loughlin trail.