Spent the Last Day

This was yesterday's golden sunrise, which led to

a beautiful warm day...the last day of March.

The bright early sun created long shadows in the yard...

Spring is here to stay...maybe!?!?!

...More plants are sprouting ...the daffodils are fuller...




The ornamental grasses are showing activity.....




...right along with this Eastern Phoebe...can you see him?

-photos enlarge-

The deer have more spring in their walk across the field...

and this squirrel is determined to enter the squirrel proof

bird feeder...every spring the younger squirrels have to learn...

they can't!

Alivia...my youngest grandchild...usually comes back

on Tuesdays...after Kindergarten to spend the day!

This small tree looked like this before she arrived...

After she was here awhile....

it ended up looking....

like this...

She decorated for Easter...

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and within minutes
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there was a squirrel checking it out!

Just hope they stay out of the spring-time wreath ...

Alivia and I made for the door!

Ater finishing outside, we went in for lunch...

I had made scalloped potatoes topped with zuchinni

the day before.

That's what blogging does to you...

you end up taking photos of food you make...

or

ones of your granddaughter doing dishes...

which she begs to do...honest!...
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Alivia always finds time to play with some dolls

while here...

and she did a little more Easter decorating too...

Then we went to the kitchen again....

and this time...it was to....

bake a cake...

which we and grampa...quickly cut into and ate!

So that is how I spent the last day of March...

"-which went out like a lamb- "

...just spending some special time with Alivia...

...and watching her move the Easter decorations...around !!!

These days

Saturday morning's sky was bright blue with countless white clouds.

It became a warm balmy day with a high of 75.....
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.....with no sign of Canadian Geese this time.......

but I did capture this jet leaving it's vapor trail through the trees...

Also through the trees, I spied this odd place where a squirrel

had taken advantage of a storm damaged tree and made a home...

...right at the top!
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Squirrels must like to be on top of things.....

...as here...on top of my small "inuksuk".....

...and here.....relaxing on top of a hanging pot on the back porch. .

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I guess squirrels also were enjoying the day.....

with all the beautifully shaped clouds and nice weather!







It was warm enough to have our spaghetti lunch.....

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...on the front porch!




But then...

Sunday morning...was a different story...with it's dark stormy clouds.


These days do change quickly!


But at least...it wasn't a snow storm I was looking at....


.... like this time last year.....through my front door.



Still...snow or not...what a difference a day makes...


.....even my walk in the woods.....


.....seemed less "springy".....
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with the overcast and autumn's leaves still clinging to young Beech trees!









This old dark decaying tree seemed to fit right in with the day's

threatening weather of a tornado watch!
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Then on my walk back toward home.....

a pair of Robins just sitting there...

waiting for spring too.....

.....another reminder that the Daffodils will bloom soon enough...

and that these days of blue skies do return!

Miscellaneous

I thought some miscellaneous pictures

would do for a post today.

These are two Northern Flicker Woodpeckers that visit often.

These squirrels hang around and guard the trees like this all the time.

Here is a Pileated Woodpecker from the heavy wooded area
that surrounds us.



This fawn was aimlessly running down the yard straight towards me.




This was the smallest squirrel I've ever seen on
the property. The body of the bell is about 4 inches.



I think this chipmunk is wondering just how he can get that home !




A Scarlet Tanager could easily be mistaken for a Northern Cardinal.
We just have a few Tanagers, but at least 8 pairs of Cardinals.




This baby Bluebird peeking out was the last to leave it's nest, and
was offspring of the last Bluebird family to occupy it.

Here we have a Chickadee pulling fibers from a pair of drapes on the porch.

I've seen them in the past, pull hair from our sleeping dog's tail.

These are small Carolina Wrens from a nest on our porch.
They graduated to sleeping on this blind at night.

A Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a feeder on the porch.
Sometimes there's three or more darting around recklessly.

This small fawn was just a few feet away before running off.

A few baby foxes shyly come around once in awhile.

Unlike baby foxes, baby raccoons aren't shy, they even pose for pictures.

I want it to warm up so it will green up!

Hurry Spring!