‌The lower 2023 temperature is from the Canadian forest fires.

Over 20 years, the completed canopy of the leaves for deciduous trees in the spring has moved earlier by two weeks and the last dropping of fall-leaves has gone into December. The number of migrating bird species has increased in the spring and decreased in the fall. The crickets are chirping earlier. The perennials are blooming earlier. The trends are not all due to climate change, but also from the environmental changes, such as large land developments for warehouses and malls.

The trend lines are a quick way to demonstrate climate change. The body of the book describes the transformation of a half-acre of a plane hill to an oasis of 80-foot trees in a suburban backyard.

Followed by a chapter on 20 to 30 years changes in weather in rain, snow or temperature. Temperature seems to have the greatest effect on the flora and fauna.

Then we take a journey of the anticipated yearly cycle of life. Technically called phenology. The journey goes month by month, week by week. The journey starts in March, ends with the last week of February.

Why start in March, that is the month for the renewal of life. Each month has trend line charts about its weather, the number and type of bird species, fledgling arrival, what kind and bloom expectancy of the perennials, shrubs, insects, diseases, animals and tree.

The purpose of the book is to make the reader aware of the trends due to climate change in our environment, not only on humans but all the creator’s flora and fauna. This book is tiny-pin-point demonstration of the overall climate changes. I hope it inspires others to do similar studies for awareness of their environment. Plant native flora. Plant more trees.