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Friday, February 28, 2014

The First Robins of Spring...

An American robin in our crabapple tree this morning.
This morning when I got up, the temperature was -9 degrees F (-22 C). I was starting to feel a bit of winter discouragement, especially with another snow storm forecast for Sunday. But then a bit of hope dawn here at Havenwood...

"There are robins! Robins!!!" she shouted.

We all ran to look out the window to see six little fluffed out robins hoping around our tree.

"That means spring!"  Oh yes, it does.


Mr. Robin in front and Mr. Downy Woodpecker on the tree trunk behind.

It reminds me of this song...

(If you are reading this in email, click over to WMG to see it.) 

I hope your hope is restored to you a bit as you too wait for spring!
~Julie

5 comments:

  1. PaulineMarch 1, 2014 at 11:10 AM

    Lovely photos of your robin! You certainly have it cold over there at the moment, I hope it warms up for you soon!

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    1. Wife, Mother, GardenerMarch 2, 2014 at 1:08 PM

      Thanks Pauline! It surely has been cold. We are ready for a change. :)
      ~Julie

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  2. AngieMarch 2, 2014 at 12:13 PM

    Great that you are now seeing signs of spring - those robins are cute. I wonder are they very territorial like ours?

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    1. Wife, Mother, GardenerMarch 2, 2014 at 1:16 PM

      They are a bit, yes. One for the common sounds of spring is to hear them scolding each other during the day and singing sweetly to mark their boundaries at dusk. It makes for nice music while working on gardening tasks :)
      ~Julie

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  3. Donna@Gardens Eye ViewMarch 16, 2014 at 12:41 AM

    I just saw robins the other day finally...yippee!

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