Signs of Spring

Signs of spring: Buds leafing out on trees and bushes. One crocus pushing little leaf tips through the soil. Two doves nesting. Nicer weather. Ants coming out of their ant hills. Holes revealed where gophers and chipmunks and snakes live. Grass showing up in the sandy yard. It’s our first spring here and I’m keeping notes.

Rusty Nails

Today I watered all the yard trees and while I was waiting for the troughs to fill, I started dragging around a magnet on a string. I unearthed about 30 rusty nails, a dozen staples, some wire and other debris from the sandy yard. The wild birds enjoyed taking a bird bath around one of the trees before the water drained away. Its warm outside and cold indoors so as soon as I finish my daily blog posts, I'm going back outside to enjoy the birds.  I saw a new bird today. Smaller than a sparrow with a green tint to it's brown feathers and a little tiny red dot on top of it's head.

Yesterday's self portrait.