SPRINGTIME 2022, Week 12, the final week until the fall series begins anew. We begin with the usual pair, pond view and barn area, only juxtaposed with the Week 1 views of each:

Summer is almost officially here. There are some trees around the neighborhood that haven't yet fully recovered but are now beginning to aggressively leaf out. We've a few dead pines, and the remaining ones, even now, don't appear to be that healthy.

What is striking about the photos above (to me, at least) is how the ground cover has come back. Just a few short weeks ago my brush cutter and I had cleared the whole hillside.

Here's the fire pit & garden area as of this morning. Still too much raw dirt in the picture -- we were hoping for some grass by now, but COVID, weather, and now supply shortages have delayed us and planting season is nearly over.

Lot 7, across the road from our house is filling out nicely, but you can see gaps where trees in the background that have not yet begun to fill out.

Finally, our road has become a tunnel again.

Until next fall....