and so it begins...

once again the earth turns

 and they declare that it is now

Spring

even though this year

in this neck of the woods

 it came with the new year

as I was cooking dinner last evening I noticed the

Japanese Maple is budding

new leaves and little flowers

a squirrel was eating them which is what made me notice

of course by the time I got the camera the

muncher was gone

but a Cardinal flew in

albeit for a second or two

but they are active and noisy and are in nest building mode

I filled the feeder with their favourite food so they will be around for sure

they just have to get used to me spying on them

this one looks to be a brand new one

he's clean and bright and very skittish and I haven't seen a female with him

so he must be looking

coz he sure talks a lot

the other bushes are budding and blooming too

way too early

but this is the new weather now

all out of sync and all in the wrong place

and we better get used to it

that bird house was for the

Eastern Blue birds

but the squirrels had other ideas and now it's just for show!!!

the bush in the background is the Spirea

I picked a few daffodils on Sunday

actually this is a narcissus

the leaves have been up since January

but the flowers took longer

you can see they are ready to be thrown out

should have left them in the ground!!

but it's hard not to bring them in

along with a sprig or two from the

plum tree

and the

spirea bush

and look what else I spied

 as I cooked last evening

....................................

humans!!!!!!