Making progress
After 3 days of relatively warm temperatures, we’ve made some progress toward spring. The earth is emerging from beneath the snow. And the trees and shrubbery have acquired quite a reddish cast—much more pronounced than three days ago.
In this neighborhood, every yard is apparently its own distinct microclimate. My next door neighbor’s back yard is almost bare. My back yard is still completely covered with several inches of snow plus drifts. The snow is melting, but slowly on my patch of earth.
While I was outside a few moments ago, I noted that there was no birdsong in the air. Much as it has been most of the winter. It’s an eerie sound. There are trees around here...so where are the birds? What is it about this neighborhood that they’re avoiding? I miss them.
yesterday I spent most of the day sitting on the deck - my excuse was I was letting Dusty out to play and needed to keep an eye on her!! She is so adventuresome in the house, but a little tentative outside yet. It won’t take long I am sure. And then when the deck got too cool, I went to the front steps and sat there and read.......just a lazy slug all day. Today, the chairs are covered in snow!! We must have had about 4-5” overnight. We came home around 11 last night and it was really coming down. But the roads and driveway are bare!! Trees, grass, everything else is covered. Temps in t he 40’s so it is melting quickly. Poor man’s fertilizer!!
Your birds are all here--truly!! Tried to take a picture of them eating seed on my deck this morning to send you, but as soon as I go to the slider, they fly away!! Right now looking out (to Dusty’s extreme frustration), there are a pair of cardinals, morning doves....several, lots of titmice, bluejays, juncos, a nuthatch in the lilac bush, sparrows--about three different kinds including the fox sparrow, and of course chickadees. That is it for the moment and my feeders out by the kitchen window are loaded as well. They just aren’t ready for the beach yet, they will be at your house soon!
Posted by cyn on 03/25/07 at 08:43 AM
Two blue jays and a red-winged blackbird showed up this morning. And I heard a mockingbird in the distance. That’s pretty slim pickin’s compared to your bounty. I’m jealous! 
Posted by Kate on 03/25/07 at 09:52 AM
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Well craaap! It’s snowing out again.