SIGNS OF SPRING

If you looked on the calendar you noticed that last evening Spring arrived.

It may have arrived somewhere, but the delivery person didn't deliver it here where I live.

I awakened this morning to 2" of snow covering everything.
To make matters worse the weatherman has predicted up to 5" again on Wednesday.

Anyone who knows me and my dislike for cold, wintry, weather will understand my grumpiness this week.

However, I am trying to put on a smiley face by searching high  and low for signs of spring.

I did notice pin oak leaves strewn all over the newly fallen snow.
This is a sign that the pin oak tree is starting to swell its leaf buds for the new season's green canopy.

I see clumps of green sprouts around the water pond. These are the daffodils stretching toward the sun.

The other day I saw a big, fat, ground hog scurrying for cover. I wonder, how did he get so fat living in a burrow all winter and not eating?
Perhaps he had a good supply of snacks down there and now he looks like a "couch potato". Or maybe, it was a she and not a he and she is carrying this year's production of babies.

I smelled the familiar aroma of a skunk the other evening. He too has awakened from a long winter's nap.

The Eastern bluebirds have staked their claim to the bluebird houses. They've built their nests and are raising their babies. My husband saw a Blue Jay trying to feast on some baby bluebirds but couldn't fit his head through the small hole of the house.
It all depends on where you are on the food chain and how smart you are to fend off the predator higher than you.

The frost left the soil so the robins were finding earthworms that climbed to the surface. I'm sure they had to make a quick trip southward last night.

According to http://www.hummingbirds.com/ the hummingbirds drank some high octane nectar and have finally made progress northward. Last I checked the site they were up as far as Virginia.

Yes, when I really look I see many signs of spring. So now I feel somewhat less depressed.

Now, I wonder if the snow last night was the "onion snow"?
Probably not. I don't think anyone has put their onions in yet, since up to a few days ago the soil was frozen solid.

Oh no . . .  that means we'll still get more snow.