depressingly non-spring

but was worse this morning, rain and wind stopped and it was cca 10C this afternoon, so we took out the crowd (3 big one little goat and 2 big one little sheep) and they were ever so happy, even Elmintrude had some silly running about. The buds are there on the cherry trees ready to burst, and we collected a handful of our own medvehagyma. The sorrel doesn't look so well, tiny leaves with brown edges. Well, we'll see. Still couldn't plant anything except the onions (still hunted by stupid pigeons that just pull them out for fun) it was really dismal all week. Alan put up loads of his rustic shelves, and we have a proper wood box in the kitchen as well as lots of coat/hat space. Little ducks and chicks are doing their best to come out of their eggs as we speak in the incubator at Erzsi's. We have 11 goose eggs now, but at this point the female goose seems to have lost interest, so we might put the eggs with the next lot to be incubated. Which reminds me, the Easter egg-collection started ok - there was a lull in the rain - but as soon as most eggs were found by the youngsters and their eager helpers - it really came down bad, so goatkid and lamb-stroking was forgotten after the cake and the elderberryflower tea and palinka (for parents!). Bogdan, the first wwoofer of the year is leaving on Monday for a Croatian wwoofer placement, he was a big help and didn't complain (much) about all the rather heavy/dirty jobs he ended up doing (well). I haven't been feeling like making photos - I will when the sun comes out, if indeed it ever will...