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The lilacs are blooming nicely this year

I've three lilac bushes side by side but the colors vary slightly between each bush

They are tiny, but they stand out.

This guy was out at six thirty this Sunday morning seeing if he could find any fresh spring greens to eat. He's in the process of shedding his white winter coat and donning a nondescript, lighter weight, gray/brown outfit to allow him to blend in with the summer flora. Now, 9:30 Sunday night (the sun won't set for another hour): The coats don't quite match the flora yet, I've been watching 3 very visible rabbits playing in the woods for the last twenty minutes.

I didn't get any painting done today but I did finish building my 24 hour sun dial. It still needs a little fine tuning but it's keeping time quite accurately. The gnomon (the skinny pointy thing in the center) points directly at the north star and subsequently the dial plate is parallel to the plane of the earth's equator, hence this style is called an Equatorial Sundial. Since right now we have around twenty hours between sunrise and sunset, the Equatorial Sundial is ideal for here.