Just wanted to catch y’all up on what’s been happening up north. We’ve had a mix of weather up here ranging from snow to thunderstorms. Typical spring. The best part is that the leaves are starting to come out and the robins have come back! There are huge flocks of sandhill cranes and swans flying by and the frogs are once again croaking. I even saw one of these the other day.
I can’t describe how wonderful it is to hear robins singing again. Winter gives you an appreciation for some of the simpler things I reckon. It’s light out for a long time now too which wakes the cats up very early. They think it’s fun to wake up at 4:30AM.
I just heard the frogs croaking at my place yesterday. I love frogs. We only have two types this far north (boreal chorus and the wood frog). Both are smallish, the chorus frog is tree frog small and the wood frog a bit bigger. Both burrow into mud and freeze solid for the winter and then thaw out in the spring and start all over. Cool hey?!
I’m still running around lots with my partner in crime. She’s a filthy muddy mess pretty much all the time now. She’s replaced her love of snow for a love a mud puddles.
I also saw the baby unicorns again. Their horns still haven’t grown in though. I think they need to be a few years old.
I shall report back soon as I suspect I’ll have some exciting adventures to share as I’m sure I will be seeing the large predators (aka bears) out and about soon.
Do you get excited when the birds come back? Does that even apply to where you live? What’s worse, mosquitoes or bears?