HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a joyful week. The Brood X cicadas were screaming today on my patch. About a week ago, I noticed some big holes at the bottom of my trees. Various critters dig holes in my yard, so I didn't think much about it. Since then, I've seen articles about some of last year's Brood X cicadas popping up this year. Apparently, some of the bugs, called "stragglers," decided to sleep in, and they're appearing this year instead of last year. In most cases, it's because our soil didn't warm up to the required 64 degrees Fahrenheit until too late to wake them up in 2021. So, some of the noisy screechers decided to hit their snooze alarm and climb out this year instead!
Annette & AQ -- In winter, Norway has high snowfall and becomes a different place. The snow melts in spring, of course, and becomes the many dramatic waterfalls and rivers everywhere. It must help to replenish the sea! Before we left home, I read that the Fjords themselves are so huge, deep and plentiful that they have a unique kind of mixture of seawater and freshwater in them. Some of their rivers don't have salmon leaping, as you might expect, as they are so forceful that a fish could not negotiate their way upstream, as they usually do.
HARELADY - A difficult decision for you regarding retirement. The choice between helping your family or yourself ? I'm wondering if your family could move away from.London ? The rents are extortionate there, and the childcare costs ditto. I thought that the government subsidised childcare - but because I live in Scotland things may be different here.
Don't think I posted this, a foxglove in the garden which had seeded itself.
Only a small jigsaw, but oh so very hard. The packet says it is dastardly difficult and they are quite right