I was looking for Spring, but found Fall still in the icy grip of Winter! I moved these chunks of ice from the cover of the lounge chairs on the back deck.
As I was puttering around the house, I glanced out the front window at the new bird feeder I put on the pink dogwood tree. The bird bath is fairly close by, so I thought it would be handy for the birds, but haven't seen much action there.
As I was looking out of the window, I noticed something in the bird bath ~ and it wasn't a bird! I ran to get my camera but by the time I came back, it was leaving its vantage point.
This is not Mr. Skulky ~ this is Mr. Sneaky.
He then decided to sneak through the back garden...
Later on, when I checked out of the window again, this is what I saw (sorry for the reflection).
No wonder there are no birds at the bird feeder!!
Once it brightened up, I went in search of Spring again:
I had to look hard to find one tiny snowdrop ~ it is only about 1 1/2 inches high!
Other sproingings:
and in the back, the peony was starting to poke through:
It seems that rain might be forecast for tomorrow ~ perhaps the little sproingings will like that.
Not too nice of Mr. Sneaky to guard the bird food like that! When I first looked at the little purple topped shoots, I thought you had "dressed them up" a bit ;-) The sheets of preserved fall are so pretty.
ReplyDeleteShoots! I love seeing shoots! Snowdrops are just lovely aren't they!
ReplyDeleteIt's spring already?
ReplyDeleteMr. Sneaky like to sneak? hehehe....
I'm sure that I commented on this post yesterday!
ReplyDeleteNow what did I say?
Much as I like cats they can be a real nuisance at times can't they!
Winter ice and spring sproutings are the best of both seasons! xx
Sproingings!?
Hi Flighty ~ thanks for coming back and commenting :) I guess the cats are doing what comes naturally, but I feel like I'm setting traps for the birds with my bird feeders! I wouldn't mind if the cats would just skulk, sneak or prowl, but there is feathery evidence of much more than that!
ReplyDeleteSproinging is a my word for shoots that sprout and boing (like a spring) into spring ;)
Interesting, back in NYC I noticed something that caused me to pause. After going back and forth on the subway all winter, suddenly one day last week I noticed brown leaves on the steps leading out to the sidewalk and thought, "Surely they haven't been there for so many months?" I almost imagined someone had gone in that morning with a bag of leaves and scattered them on purpose, just to confound me.
ReplyDeleteI love your word sproinging!
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