Entry Two

One sign of spring that I noticed during the past few weeks was that the Rhododendrons in my back yard were opening up. The leaves bunch up together and huddle together to avoid the cold and snow. The leaves also form a tight canopy. This canopy is hole less and repels water well. This shields the plants roots fro over feeding and over watering, which is essential as the plants strive to survive the long, hard, winter.

Another change that I have observed lately that has occurred in this particular specimen of this plant is that the bulbs that will eventually evolve into flowers have been opening up at a slow but steady pace. Yesterday Boston Red Sox players and pitchers reported for spring training in Fort Worth, Texas. Lately, people all over are getting ready to start spring cleaning as well.

Entry One

One sign of spring I noticed was that the days are slowly but steadily getting shorter. a way to show this is to show these pictures of the sun I took at the library at 4:3o. The sun is still visible in this picture. A month ago the sun would have set about 40 minutes before. The spring and summer have much longer days than the winter.

The thing is, people say that in the spring and summer have shorter days than the winter and fall. This, however, is not technically true. The summer and spring actually have later sunsets and earlier sunrises than the fall and winter.