Was going to blog about any number of things today. Had them all lined up. But I have to tell you a couple of things not related to any of that.
Even though my yard looks like this today, which doesn’t seem all that spring-like…
1. I SAW a pair of sandhill cranes flying over Katie’s park when I was driving to Ann Arbor to go to the symphony yesterday evening! Their flight is so distinctive. I got to watch them for quite awhile, and I smiled every second of it.
2. This morning there was a red winged blackbird on my feeder, more proof they are really here. Now this sort of makes me smile, and sort of makes me not smile. They are such pigs. They eat so much food they can eat me out of house and birdseed over a weekend. But I know they’re hungry, just like all the rest of the birds, so for now I’m opting to smile. Because they are truly signs that spring is not only on it’s way, it’s already here.
3. I was just giving Katie a little shoulder massage while looking out the window and I saw a bird in my little redbud tree. Then it flew to the ground and back up again. I ran for the camera, but by the time I got back it had moved to the top of a small spruce hidden behind some bare branches of a shrub. But you can tell it’s a bluebird!! There were actually two males be bopping around the yard. I couldn’t get a good photo of either of them, the light was bad, so you’ll have to settle for this one.
I’m so happy I could sing….and I was…singing along with a clip of Jimmy Fallon’s show, but that’s another blog.
Happy happy dance.
March 23, 2014 at 11:58 am
Hope Spring comes your way soon. Snow is fun, but only so much.
Sherman
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March 24, 2014 at 7:09 am
I think we stopped loving snow sometime in January.
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March 23, 2014 at 12:52 pm
Oh yeah!
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March 24, 2014 at 7:09 am
I know!
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March 23, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Oh the bluebird! Soooo pretty!
We’re supposed to have a snow storm this week, but I saw a slew of Canadian Geese today! Hopefully Spring come next weekend.
For now, I’m heading outside to the sunshine to rake the spots where the snow has melted.
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March 24, 2014 at 7:10 am
Good idea…raking. Not that I actually did it…but I thought about it!
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March 23, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Ahhh, the signs of a season that makes our hearts leap with joy!
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March 24, 2014 at 7:10 am
Especially spring!
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March 23, 2014 at 2:39 pm
A bluebird … nice picture!
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March 24, 2014 at 10:42 am
Thank you! I kind of like it too! 🙂
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March 23, 2014 at 3:36 pm
Happy Spring. Such hopeful pictures. I woke up to snow but it was soon gone and the sun came out.
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March 24, 2014 at 7:10 am
Snow is bad. Very very bad.
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March 23, 2014 at 8:08 pm
Theres a lot more birds in our yard too. We r having fun chasing them.
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March 24, 2014 at 7:10 am
Katie likes to chase robins. They like to tease her. It works out.
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March 23, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Hang in there, Dawn. Spring IS on the way — it’s just taking its sweet time about arriving!!
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March 24, 2014 at 7:11 am
I think it does that every year, just feels really bad after this past winter to wait.
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March 23, 2014 at 10:14 pm
Indomitable spirit! I like that.
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March 24, 2014 at 7:11 am
No choice I guess!
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March 24, 2014 at 8:45 am
I’m so ready for warm weather. I’m sure you are too.
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March 24, 2014 at 9:28 am
Was thinking this morning as I was walking from car to building at work that I’m so tired of being cold.
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March 24, 2014 at 12:23 pm
Bluebird of happiness — aptly named.
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March 24, 2014 at 2:16 pm
Sure is.
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