Cherry blossoms and red wings

The flu is but a memory-A little lingering cough but nothing more than that. Health is good!

The cherry trees are starting to bloom here. Every so often, you'll see an amazing swath of glorious pink blossoms in a surrounding sea of sleeping trees. Oh, they are beautiful!

This past week, I took D to work pretty much all week. When you get near the office, you begin to hear the most beautiful bird song....There are a great many red wing blackbirds here, and I adore their song! There is a lot of them in two marshy area right near the main road. In the morning, the males sit in the tops of the trees singing their wonderful song. It's such a treat to hear!

There are lots a crows, ravens, robins, and a lot of Canadian geese. I can even hear the chittering of hummingbirds in the trees here. It's still cold (below freezing) some nights so I'll put up the feeders this week.

Near where we live is a nature reserve. We've been over there twice so far. Next time we'll go to the lake to see D's favorite Herons and so many others. It's lovely and we will take more pictures! Here's a link to the park.

The sun is out and I have an art project I'm contemplating. I have all the materials with the exception of some real catkins-pussy willows. I can't seem to find any real or dried ones anywhere-not even at Michaels. I have some wonderful hand-made papers, a lovely shadow box, and a dream that I saw the completed project in. This should be fun! First today, though, I am going to do some shopping. After all, the sun is shining, and it's supposed to rain the rest of the week. Gotta get out and get my share of vitamin D!!

HUGS