Migratory birds are being spotted around town - Trumpeter Swans, Northern Pintails, Common Mergansers, Gadwalls, and my personal harbinger of spring - gulls. Breakup season is upon us, but you could be fooled into thinking winter hasn't yet left as today we have fresh snow on the ground. Waterways are opening, however, which is allowing our avian friends from the south to return. Looking forward to heading out with binoculars in the upcoming days.
As it had been brightly sunny and warm for a few weeks (snow melting, songbirds collecting nest building material), I'd been thinking about our back garden. More specifically, I've been thinking about the beady ornaments and garden knickknacks that live there during summer and fall. Ever one to keep things until they are just this side of useful or only slightly damaged, I decided to dismantle a few mobiles. They have been hanging from metal hooks on our fence, but on windy days they often get tangled between the pickets. Rather than have to potentially bug our new neighbors for access to their yard to collect broken strands of beads, I took them apart. And now I get to daydream a bit about where/how these stone chips, plastic flowers & glass beads will be used next. Hmmm.
