{"id":583,"date":"2009-02-18T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2009-02-28T10:57:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T15:57:07","slug":"somebody-looking-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dlynz.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Somebody Looking for Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was on the exercise bike late yesterday, and when I looked up from my book [I always read while I’m on the bike – I can forget entirely that I am even exercising at all, which is good since I loathe exercise like poison] I noticed something out in the snow bank that given the right conditions [for example the first condition is that is should be July] is my shade garden. A spot of some kind\"chip1\"I reluctantly [not] got off the bike and went to get my camera, because I had a feeling I knew what the spot was. \"chip2\"The spot resolved itself into this little guy – a chipmunk! I had a hint because the spot was located right next to where [in July] a huge Regal Splendor Hosta will be and next to that hosta is a hole where the little buggers get to their subterranean domicile. Fortunately for them they do it without an evident damage to the hosta. Nobody messes with mama’s hostas – just ask the slugs. \"chip3\"So there he is – looking, as are we all, for spring. Too bad he is seeing a foot of snow there still. Even better that he can’t see the Weather Channel Desktop Max which says we are getting more snow for the next 5 or 6 or 17 days. He might think spring is never coming at all.\"chip4\"But I am not discouraged, because I know this little guy has a sort of internal clock operating, and he wouldn’t come out from hibernating at all unless it was getting close to spring. I just hope he doesn’t spend his time between now and then eating up all of my “Evergold” Sedges under the snow like he or his relatives did last year. But, even if he does – I was still mighty happy to see him yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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