Early, early spring

 This time of year, the last of the carrots have to be pulled out of the ground because they start getting hairy in early spring in anticipation of the growth of the bloom/seed stalk ----which makes the carrot inedible.  I dug up about 10 pounds, took some to Rachel Ashton and her babies and have these left to can for summer eating.  I pull up the big ones all fall and winter, so these are all sizes and shapes.  I LOVE garden carrots!

 Yesterday we had 9 deer in the back yard at dusk.  They were eating the clover that is coming up from last years blooms.  We have large picture windows in the back of the house, so they could see us moving inside and they don't like that.  I have to sneak to get a photo before they dash away into the woods.  I wasn't very sucessful.  They blend so well into the background, as you can see.  They were very frisky yesterday skipping along with odd gaits and gambols.