There was a pretty rime of ice on the money plant and mountain mint leaves but I don't think anything was killed. The creek was glassy in the early light and the day warmed pretty quickly. The sky was intensely blue though there were contrail streaks. Male flowers on the pines joined the oaks in gilding surfaces with pollen. Money plants formed buds and violets bloomed. Azaleas began to flower but the blueberry buds would not be rushed.
I spotted a pied-bill grebe on the creek but it dived and anyway vegetation fooled the camera focus. A great blue heron supervised the turtles on the lake. A great egret fished below the dam.
Starlings took over the dish feeders. A mockingbird drank from the birdbath. Orioles savored the jelly. in the bushes across the pool, two brown thrashers chased each other but I got no pictures. Bluebirds eventually got some food. A myrtle warbler foraged in the birdbath which had dried out during the day. Then it hovered to peck suet. Strange bird.
Bees inspecting the rue for flowers were disappointed. A black swallowtail only cared about the rue leaves that would feed caterpillars.
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