12 April 2025

A week ago it rained and rained. All that water had to go somewhere and by Monday I could tell it had made it to the Monongahela River at Duck Hollow.

The mud bar at the mouth of Nine Mile Run was covered with fast moving water. A mallard barely had to paddle as he zoomed by.

Leafout continued with these box elder leaves at Herr’s Island on 9 April. Notice that they have the same 3-leaf arrangement as poison ivy but their shape indicates they are box elder.

If it wasn’t raining it drizzled for most of the week. On Wednesday 9 April, rain and drizzle kept these tulips closed …

… and the dusk-like conditions prompted seven deer to graze in full view behind Frick Fine Arts. These two didn’t care that I was looking at them. The other five crossed the driveway and melted down the hillside edge.

p.s. If all seven are pregnant does we can expect the herd to number 14-21 deer by the end of May.