Spring Views

   Hi everyone. It's Friday again. Today I am joining Nicole  for Friday Face Off and also Gillena for Friday Lunch Break.  

   Today I have some recent photos to share, Many of them are signs of spring. When you live where you have a longer winter (and that was especially true this year), these little signs of a new season are very exciting. 😏 Especially since it was just yesterday the last of snow in my yard disappeared!

   Let me start with the face of the almost full moon. During the actual full moon  we had lots of clouds and even some light rain so the moon wasn't visible.

   I always know the weather is about to change for the better once the phoebes arrive.My husband thinks I'm nuts but when I hear their scratchy call "Phoebe" I get excited. They arrived in my area on Monday (3/30), and since they are insect eaters, there must be enough food for them to come back. (Although I have seen them grab some meal worms from the bird feeder.)

Plus Mommy bluebird was bringing grass and twigs to the bluebird house to build herself a nest.

       I moved some dried leaves out of a growing bag where I planted some rhubarb last spring and look, it's sprouting.

Some of the tree buds are getting big.

   Plus the bees are out. Hurrah ❤👍😀 The hive made it through a really tough and cold winter. I have been slowly unwrapping the hive so the bees  can adjust to the still cooler spring temperatures, but I think if the weather stays as it is or even gets warmer by next weekend the winter coverings will be put away.

    Plus there's some green peeking out in the gardens.

   You can tell it's still early spring because the temperatures in the greenhouse have been all over the place. The high is at the top, the low at the bottom. I can open the vent to help cool off the high, but there is no heater to warm up the cold. If the nights stay a bit warmer I should be able to start some plants very very soon. 

    I can't wait for that. 😏

   Wishing everyone a great start to the weekend.