"Turning The Corner"

As I start this post it is snowing and has been since mid morning.  It is just now starting to accumulate as the temp's drop to below 30 degrees. (4:30pm)!!
Am I upset about more snow .. "Heck No" anything that we get now will  melt quickly!!  Friday I believe we  turned the corner, and now are heading toward days of warmth, garden clean up, baseball, fishing ,and "complaining" about "bugs" and how "hot it is".    Did I hear a chorus of people say " no way bring the heat on "  who are you kidding !!! We are never happy!! lol
Since my last post we have had some rain, fog, warmer temp's.  It has been eating away at the layers and layers of this winters snow!!  Friday the temperature quickly rose to 65 degrees ushered in on warm gusty winds of 40 mph.
 I took a little walk to the rose garden stepping carefully around some patches of snow as I did so.  I was checking on the rose bushes where only the week before sat 20 inches of snow , there was a Johnny-Jump-up in bloom!!  "I was elated"  "Yes"!!

A little frazzled on the edges,but in bloom!!

I was able to get to the old apple tree that has had a swing hanging from

it since my girls where little.  I sat here and literally could see the snow

melting !! (I must admit I did swing some too!!)

A flock of Robins had come in during the week and they where

singing and searching the bare areas for worms.  Joining them in song

was the Song Sparrows, newly arrived !! My eye caught a glimpse of blue

and I'm thinking the Eastern Bluebird is back, and sure enough his distinct

"turee, queedle"  song was in the air!!

The sound of the water babbling done the run of ditch

on the back lawn, was like music to my ears!! 

The same spot where I had taken the picture of the heavy

snow in my last post, going fast!!

The field I snowshoed all winter that is next to my property!!

"Amazingly almost bare"

At the river the ice is it about gone, and the ducks

have been arriving... I think these are Mallards,but 

I couldn't tell for sure, they are the same that is on my header!

Common Merganser's ???

Look close, there in there!!

Saw that the beavers are out and at work!!

I got a brief look at two, but they where moving very fast!!

I also observed a Mink jump up on the ice near the edge

of the river...boy  he "really" moves fast!!

Knowing that the weather is going to be a bumpy road for a while longer I was not surprised to wake up Saturday morning to a snow event !!

Before noon it was all over and melted away!!

I don't think that this Robin was to impressed about getting snowed on!!

It is still snowing so I'll keep everybody in

 the loop about this one, but at this point nothing can get me down!!