On Tuesday, it looked like this:
Today, the first of August, it looks like this:
Still, I’m not sure we can say it is spring yet. We’re having some very cold days – just 9 degrees Celsius today – and some frosty mornings.
I looked around the garden to see what else was blooming, and spotted the first rhododendron.
As I got closer to get a good shot, I noticed ants on the buds. The bane of my life. They don’t look very alive. Perhaps the rhododendron killed them just as one nearly poisoned my goat once. I treated the buds with eco-oil just in case the blasted blighters are still rampaging.
Anne-O-tations 
Welcome to the Festival of First Light.
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What did you treat the goat with!?!
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I was away walking the Routeburn Track and had left Victoria (goat) with a friend. She did some research, and came up with a cold tea cure which seemed to do the trick. She also had to tempt her into eating again, by providing tasty dishes.
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