Early Spring Tease

You can feel it, smell it, and hear it. It happened so quickly! Bird song, flies, moths, gnats, bees, lizards, and light-weight jackets. It’s a wonderful time of year, but today, my arse is dragging and I can’t stop yawning. Spring fever, perhaps?

I wore my spring raincoat yesterday. Horrible photo, but my beloved camera was getting wet! Yes, it rained very well - a nice, steady, soaking rain. Not enough to lift water restrictions and we are all counting on a few tropical depressions or a mild hurricane to help out. It’s the worst drought in North Carolina history and I have a feeling it’s not an accident. The climates are changing and drought conditions might be an unwanted trend.

For everyone up north who are still under ice and snow, I wish you the inevitable Spring. Soon. March is the month of surprises when blizzards bury blooming Daffodils. Ya’ll have long, severe winters but we in the south have long, blistering hot summers. Today I winced when I remembered the previous summer and felt a little sweat on my brow…

Are we ever happy with the weather?

We’ve lost so much. Many businesses that rely on water have closed their doors and I wonder how it has affected their families. The recent rain and warmer temperatures have made a small difference at my house. I had fun leaving the coat inside today, getting on my hands and knees to photograph some life around the pond.

They're propelling themselves out of the water when they see me. Although the nights are still quite cold, the daytime is warm enough to feed them.

A definite sign of Spring is the showing of the fat, pink tongue. Bella’s hula hoop slipped through the fence for the fifth time tonight and I had enough. I needed some bird time, alone – without my black and white girlfriends.

Ok, Dove, I’m filling the feeders as quickly as I can.



Flocks of Red-Winged Blackbirds landed in my Delaware yard and cleaned out feeders in minutes. Here, there are few and they're mild-mannered. I like them.



Notice my yellow molt, seed lady. Please, take my picture.

Then, I was alone.



Cooper, help yourself to some House Sparrows. I’ll go inside and wish you well tonight.

On March 15th, I’ll be making hummingbird nectar. They are due on March 21st. I'd be so disappointed if they forgot my address!