Spring

We have had reports of spring arriving in Oxfordshire, Saltspring Island and even Saskatchewan and now it is finally in Alberta.This week-end we went for our first bike ride, JR went to the driving range and we did a lot of yard work. There was much clean up to be done this year. The leaves were still on the deciduous trees when the snow arrived after fall clean up. The evergreens shed a lot of cones. The grass had been left long for the winter. Some bricks in the driveway had to be levelled and edged.That has all been dealt with and we can now enjoy the sunshine. I think spring is my favorite season for I love the delicate pale green of new sprouts, the freshness of the air and the sound of birds twittering in the trees. We have a pair of delightful little house finches in the front bushes, perhaps making a nest there and the pair of red breasted nuthatches who, last year made a nest in a knot hole in the siding on the southwest side of the house, have returned. Hopefully I have discouraged the magpies who are my least favorite birds. Davin and Owen learned how to climb spruce trees at the Waldorf School they attended and taught me the technique which I was able to employ to dissemble three nests in our trees!