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spring
We moved to our home here in Ivoryton when it was 5 years old, in 1992. The landscaping on the property was minimal – some lawn and shrubs that barely made a dent in the forest around us. That changed over the years, and it was especially rewarding to bring in scented shrubs: honeysuckle, mock orange, roses, and a few viburnum. Spring is truly here when those viburnums blossom, and it’s always worth a trip to the “back forty” for the wonderful vanilla fragrance, and the way it shifts, ever so slightly, with the weather and time of day.
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This beauty is perhaps at her finest in the washed out light and spare landscape of early spring, before the summer wraps her in green and hides her from view.
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Pigs are highly intelligent creatures, ranking fourth in the animal world, behind only chimpanzees, dolphins, and elephants. My favorite bit of pig info from a quick Internet search:
“Last week (2009), an international team of biologists released the first draft sequence of the pig genome, the complete set of genetic instructions for making the ruddy-furred Duroc breed of Sus scrofa. Even on a cursory glance, “the pig genome compares favorably with the human genome,” said Lawrence Schook of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, one of the team leaders. “Very large sections are maintained in complete pieces,” he said, barely changed in the 100-million-plus years since the ancestors of hogs and humans diverged.” NY TIMES (11/9/2009)
Whatever that means.
This little gal quickly darted back into her shelter on my very first approach, but lingered outside when I returned a short time later.
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