SPRING FORWARD, 7TH WEEK: It looks like I somehow forgot to document Week 6, so the changes are dramatic from Week 5.

Here's the usual view from the deck. The trees, at least at the lower levels, have filled out and turned dark green. Tree tops are still budding out; the leaves are there, but have not yet begun to turn that summer green.

Here's another view of the pond, taken from a different vantage point lower down. Because this area is heavily treed and shaded by the house, it doesn't seem to be as fast to green up. All the trees have leaves, but they haven't started to fill out just yet. The green at the bottom left are the ferns at the base of the retaining wall, which weren't even visible 2 weeks ago.

These last two are views from the 'road'. This one looking south at the mountains across the valley, which are now almost invisible. They will be by next week when the trees have fully leafed out.

Taken from the same vantage point, looking easterly along the back side of the house. Two weeks ago, this was mostly bare and the house on the other side of the creek easily visible. The cats are Russell (foreground) and Oreo behind him.

The pictures from two weeks ago are here.