Happy Earth Day! I celebrated in my usual way, by pulling up a load of garlic mustard. In fact, I worked so hard that I didn't stop to take pictures, so I've recycled this one from last year. (Recycling = good.)

I was glad to get back to Beechwood. Cultivated parks and fluffy cherry trees are all very well but I'd rather hang out where the ducks don't swim up hoping for a handout.

In other news, the turtles must be wearing a new disguise because I haven't seen any for a few days. The water level in the pond is quite low, increasing my chance of turtle sightings, but no luck. There's rain in the forecast for the weekend so the turtles should be happy. I'll be happy too; everything's very dry and crunchy underfoot, making it impossible to sneak up on anything lately.