Spring has begun

snow is melting

river rising

aquas and green water rushing

Montana Rockies 

wearing Snow cloak

wandering

hoping to find a freshly fallen antler

and there it was!

first butterfly sighing of the year!

river rocks

dressed in sunlight and snowmelt

because so many of you love our river rocks

just so that you can see them dry

sandy floor

then i noticed

most the sticks on the beach whittled at each end!

beaver home must have been torn apart by the river.

never knew they chewed each side of their sticks:

wet and dry:

i feel thrilled 

with our new season Spring

except

that i found a tick walking around on me yesterday

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Spring is Evident

spring is tumbling into our world earlier this year

snow is melting 

meadows make their way to holding lakes

I have seen robins three days now

a sure sign of spring

nature is busy creating artful sightings

cattails long gone to seed

 become characters

 that make me smile with wonder

 I love how each year there are new things to chance upon

 I wonder if insects tuck deep within these whacky holes

and called them home sweet home

this past winter

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The Unwary Pine Grosbeak

against our gray day
earth cloaked in old snow
starting to tarnish with age 

a new joyous song filling the air

i spied RED
unexpected in our usual and sparse wintry mix
of birds

the pine grosbeak

it ate sunflowers seeds that fell to the ground

but not from the feeder

the lovely female nearly disappears

into the colors of the mossy limbs of the tree

a poor photo above

but i wanted you to see the male and female

side by side

a small yellow spot at the corner of it's eye

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also their song is lovely

to me i hear: pretty bird over and over

but not on the recordings on websites

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they have stayed around for a month and a half

a bit of color means so much in deep winter grays

they inspired a painting:

the bird feeder hat

i share my art at my other blog:

Beauty Flows

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