Itchy itchy arrrrrrrgh

Those little bloodsucking monsters are back. I found a lot of mosquitoes in my backyard at around 6:00 today. These bloodthirsty beasts are about 3 mm long, with relatively long legs and a long thin spike on their head to suck blood. I couldn't get a picture though, because they fly too fast.

In addition, we planted baby onions with my dad in our neighbor's yard. They have a larger and sunnier yard that is better for gardening. The baby onions were about 3 cm long with the roots. The roots were white and the rest of the plant was green. They were very small and delicate.

Also, the neighbor's mint plants have leaves. They are spearmint plants. They vary from 6-12 inches tall. Their leaves are serrated (is that the right word to use?) and dark green. They have a strong minty odor and their surface isn't smooth. I brought about 4 home and put them into pots to keep for myself.

Those are all the signs of spring I saw.

Ps. camera battery died AGAIN! >:( pictures tomorrow...

Lilies, Rhododendrons, and a cut lawn.

A big sign of spring was when we first mowed the lawn. We did that yesterday at about 11 am. Now our lawn is about 2 inches high overall.

I also saw some daylilies that had opened early. They were bright orange. They had 5 triangular petals with dark streaks on the inside. The flowers' diameter was about 3 inches. They had long stems, about 9-11 inches long. We have more of these in our front yard too. By June most of them will probably be open.

The rhododendron bushes in my backyard have also opened their purplish-pink flowers. They have 5 petals. The flowers have darker streaks and spots on them. They are about 2 inches in diameter. They're a nice contrast to the dark green rhododendron leaves.

Additionally, this week it's been a lot warmer overall.

Azaleas and lilacs and bugs, oh my!

Yesterday around 3:00 in my front and back yard I observed that the azalea bushes had bloomed. On the pink bush in my backyard there were a lot of buds and one pink flower. It was light pink with a lot of petals and it had a round bowl shape.

The white azalea also has flowers. It's in better shape than the pink one and has lots of open flowers. Its flowers are similar to the pink ones, but they are bright white.

I noticed there that the mosquitos were back. The inchworms are also back. They melt my heart but I really hate them. They ate all the leaves off one of my favorite trees one year. The inchworms are about one and a half cm now. They're usually bright leaf green, with 4-6 legs. They're starting to invade my house now and I just found one hanging on the bookshelf. They're really irritating.

There are also ants. The big ones always get into my house.

Eurgh. :(

Finally, the lilacs have bloomed. They are lavender, with small 1 cm tall flowers. The flowers have four connected petals and come in big bunches on long, tall twigs of the bush. On the twigs below the flowers are scattered leaves.

Those are all the new things I saw yesterday.