Spring Pretty
Every spring there is a brief moment in which the violets all seem to bloom at once and the grass has not gotten long enough to require mowing. Was it "Room with a View" or "Howard's End" that had the scene were our distraught protagonist strides moodily through the glades of bluebells? Our back yard had about three days that were like a non-brooding version of that.
Also on the nature front, the resident woodchuck no longer resides in our yard. Last year a tree fell down in the alley and when it was cleared away, the brush that had been choking the alley was also cleared. I think the woodchuck's main residence was under the roots of that tree. He stuck around for the rest of the summer but seems to have moved to somewhere more hospitable last fall.