Spring heralds its arrivalFlowers and birds awaken
Like bears from winter's sleep
While many stores fill up their shelves with...
Marshmallow Peeps!
~SRD ARE YOU A PEEPS FAN?
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I read that goats are great swimmers, maybe that explains the colorful, plastic swimming pools in the barnyard! Please click picture to enlarge.
The weather turned to drearyI looked out the kitchen window
As he hopped from ground to tree
Dressed in his red breast glory
He sang again for me
I couldn't help but smile
He made blue skies out of grey
With his welcomed chirping message
That Spring is here to stay
~SRD
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The moon sat suspended over the valley like a giant white marble against the blue sky. If you click on the picture to enlarge it and look very closely, you might just see the 'man in the moon'. He is wearing sunglasses and appears to be looking west. He might even resemble Roy Orbison...I'm just saying!
When you're not strong,
As last Summer slowly slipped into early Autumn,
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Spring run off on the Deerfield River roars over the Salmon Falls in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. The usually placid area of the Glacial Potholes is covered by a raging torrent of water fed by northern melting snow. Please click on the picture above to enlarge and click on the arrow below to watch and listen to the river in its fury.
In the woods behind our house lives a Chipmunk, I call him Gizmo, he spends his time chasing other Chipmunks around the woodlands and racing along the stone wall at great speed. I have been trying to snap a picture of him for a long time but he is always gets away. The other day, I was taking a picture of our dog Lucy in the kitchen; I happened to glance out the window and there was Gizmo sitting on the stone wall, I zoomed in and clicked. Captured at last!
It would have been better had I not been shooting through glass.
Rolling silently towards the valley,
the fog caressed each tree along the way.
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Which way does the wind blow now?Although the exact origins of the phrase 'how now brown cow' are unclear, its use in teaching elocution can be dated to at least 1926.Please click picture to enlarge.
A kiss of warm air, a smile from the sun,Please click on picture to enlarge.
At twilight a flock of Sparrows gathered under the eavesPlease click on picture to enlarge.
Open For BusinessSome new banks offer toasters...
others offer wonderful reflections.
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Like a giant geometric sculpture, this powerline tower is onePlease click on picture to enlarge.
Like fashion models on the runway, these newlyPlease click on picture to enlarge.
Turkey TrotPlease click on picture to enlarge.
Weather vanes on country barns are usually in the shapePlease click on picture to enlarge.
Bug Hill ViewI am moving ahead with the clocks and marching determinedly toward Spring!
Goat At The DoorNo one was getting in the barn without his approval!
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Reflection Of A Bygone Year 
Sunset On A Muddy Road
Guarding the Flock
Dolly Llama If you are familiar with my blog, you know I was going to
give her a name!
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When I stopped to take a picture of these two horses frolicking in the pasture, I didn't realize that there was a snow covered ditch between me and the fence. So there I plopped with camera in hand! Have you ever heard a horse laugh?
Lanoue Sugar HouseMaple Syrup season is short, it starts around
the beginning of March and ends in mid April.
Cold nights and warm days is perfect 'sap' weather.
These Maple Trees are tapped the traditional way, using buckets.
Some syrup producers prefer tubing, which is a faster method.
In the sugar house the sap is boiled down in a large evaporator.
To make 20 gallons of syrup, it takes a
The end result...delicious Maple Syrup,Please click on pictures to enlarge.
Florida still has several inches of snow on the ground...
Silly geese, you're out of luck
While running errands with my husband,
he stopped to let a car back out of a parking space.
As we waited, I snapped a picture of his truck's
reflection in the window of a furniture store.
Hey wait! They're having a sale!
Check the rear side window,
to see our dog, Lucy enjoying her
favorite pastime...riding in Dad's truck!
Picture taken in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
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Steady LaneHaving weathered 213 New England winters,
the house around the corner stands proudly facing spring.
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Tapping The Maple TreesThe first sign of maple syrup season and a promise of spring.
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More pictures to come as the season progresses.
Said the sheep to the farmer,
Clearing a path for the rest of the herd,
'Snowplow Cow' leads the way!
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