This week's full moon

Daylight Saving Time (DST) began this morning, on March 8, which is the earliest possible date for the change,

 because the second Sunday in March fell as early as it could on the calendar!
By law, DST starts on the second Sunday of March and ends on the first Sunday of November, ensuring a consistent schedule regardless of the specific date. 

                                                    

Yeah, this is sort of me when I try to figure out what this did to the time-difference between us here in the pacific north west and Amsterdam (makes a difference when calling).
Normally it's 9 hours, so now it'll be 8 ... right?

                                 

Any-who ..  we set our clocks forward before going to sleep and I still managed to wake up at my 'normal' time, which is (around) 6.45, despite it being an hour earlier than yesterday .. go figure!

              

This deer, peeping out from behind the tree, almost seemed a little shocked to see me out so early .. it must not have gotten the memo about the time-change!

No question about how he got is name by the way ... it's a 'white-tail deer' for sure! 

                               

Now here's something you don't see everyday .. or actually what we don't see .. any day:

                                      
                                         

Early one morning, I glanced out of the window while setting the table for breakfast and I see something swimming in the pond ... which is not that unusual at all but this was not the usual duck or goose.
At first I thought this was a ground-squirrel, and yes, they can and do swim according to Google, but I've since chanced my mind and I'm pretty sure this is actually a Muskrat!

He's just moving too smoothly, swims too easily and than dives down and disappears in what I suspect is an underwater burrow in the side of the dam between the ponds. 
And although I thought at first that his tail was hairy I now think it's actually not. 
He's also only out when it's either dark or pretty late or early which is more normal for a rat than for a squirrel.
So ... we have a musk-rat ... now what? They can do damage to dams so I'm afraid we might have to trap it ..

Other than that I don't think I have much else to rapport on. 
The weather is all over the map with quite a few warmer days of temperatures in the high 50s, low 60s even, alternating with still cold, foggy and of course rainy days.

Just like last year, my Rhubarb is already unfurling its leaves, and quite rapidly too, I swear it grows at least an inch a day!

 

                                                    

The Cherry trees are turning more pink each day !

And on the sunny days the first daisies are showing up in the grass, they really make it look like its Spring, don't they?