Spring doesn’t officially start until Friday, but it is warmer outside than indoors today. I have the windows open and can hear cardinals and finches outside. Yesterday a pair of finches visited the bird feeder. When I took Bode out earlier this afternoon saw Mallard ducks in the river, two drakes and a hen. When it is this nice out it is hard to get a dog to turn around and go back home when you get tired. There were a lot of people out walking, pushing strollers, and riding bikes.
Some of the shrubs have buds greening up and the spring bulbs are up but have only seen crocuses in bloom so far. If the trees weren’t bare, you could imagine today being in May or June.
When I stopped to rest on a bench yesterday, noticed that the mockingbird that sits on a house roof by the path was back. Was wondering where he had been though, he was imitating the cries of hawks not songbirds.
Last week we celebrated mother’s 82nd birthday and my next door neighbor will soon be 83.
