Subtle and Not So Subtle Changes

Sometimes when I close the office at the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace something catches my eye and instead of leaving right away I linger, my attention captured by something that is going on on the grounds.  Our groundhog guests have moved from under the porch of the Stulting House to under the Carpenter Shack.  That's good because they're no longer undermining the porch of a National Historic Structure, not so good because it's awfully close to the garden!  But they're as cute as ever, darn those things! 

This would be the Good Earth Garden

After locking up I walked around outside to see if things were growing in the garden yet, and if they had done any damage.  Whenever I seem them out of their borrow they are nibbling on wild flowers, in other words, the weeds in the yard.  But that may well be because that is all that is available so far this year.  Once that garden is producing delicious vegetables, it may be too much to pass up.

Opening Week at the Birthplace

Students from the elementary school await instructions.

It's opening week at the birthplace.  We've not marked it with any fanfare, and you won't find any sales in the gift shop, but it's been busy.  Until today, that is.  It's now 11 am on a drizzly Saturday, and there have been no visitors today.  A few cars have pulled into the parking lot briefly, did what they wanted to do, then left, but that's a topic for another post.

Rainy days tend to be slow, but I'm not complaining.  It gives me time to tell you about Thursday and yesterday, our first of the season of the season.  They were not at all slow!