Ferns, the sprouting dahlias, monarda and a few more coleus transplanted. Tadpoles found in a shallow pool at the Fairborn quarry. They were small and tame, and we caught a few to bring back to the pond. At the quarry, some plum trees are in full bloom, scrub cottonwoods with half-size leaves, squirrel-ear-size leaves on the small sycamores.

Mrs. Timberlake’s wild geraniums are in full bloom (no buttercups). A few grackles cluck in the alley, cardinals call in the distance this morning. No red-bellied woodpecker heard. The alley willow is completely leafed out, red mulberry leaves the size of a squirrel’s ear. A few sweet rockets have buds now, and sweet Williams approach the budding stage.

First yellow tulip opened in the south garden this morning. The first pink lungwort flowered under the mock orange. The red quince is budding. In Wilmington, the decorative pear trees have started to come in; there are even a few flowers in Xenia but not in Yellow Springs. The first cowslip is open at the Covered Bridge.