Best Places to Read: A Duck on the Lawn?

Updated:  April 3, 2024

"There's a duck in the front yard," my husband said.
We'd had the rainiest May ever recorded in Kansas, but a duck on the lawn?  I went to the window and squinted.  It was too early for eyeglasses.
"Over there, Lynne.  By the tree."
"It's a mallard," I said.  "What's he doing here?"
My husband grinned.  "Looking for girls." 

Whatever the duck's agenda that morning, the spring rains once again helped our ornamental trees explode with color and our Itoh peonies produce the loveliest blossoms yet.  Since we dodged the extreme flooding suffered by parts of Kansas this year, we were especially grateful for the colors in our garden.  We enjoyed them so much that I thought you'd like to see a few snapshots from 2018 and 2019.

Avondale Redbud Tree in the Front Garden, March 30, 2018. Unfortunately, this lovely tree didn't last through the 2023 drought.

Cleveland Select Pear Trees - "The Three Sisters" in the Back Garden, April 9, 2019.

Cleveland Select Pear Trees and Redbud Tree in the Back Garden, April 15, 2019.

Takara Pink Itoh Peony by the Patio, May 13, 2019.

Day Lilies in the Front Garden, May 27, 2018.

Now summer is just four days old (2019).  Enjoy the outdoors as much as you can, and then relax in your favorite place with a good book! ​

​Sources:
1.  All photos by Lynne Schall, copyright 2018 and 2019.
2. "Heavy May rain and flooding delaying Kansas wheat harvest," The Associated Press, June 21, 2019, published in The Wichita Eagle https://www.kansas.com/news/business/article231822253.html (accessed June 25, 2019)
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