Can't Wait for Spring

I generally pay little attention to the weather, but this year, the winter made me just a bit wistful for warmer temperatures and less snow or ice.

Now that I see my Princess tree starting to bud and the Dairy Queen is open, I know that it will soon be warm again.

Soon, we can get back to the yard work, school will be out, and summer will bring all manner of flowers onto the now drab landscape.

The young squirrels will be scampering in the oak tree and you will hear the baby birds chirping in the fence row.

I may even find a mushroom or two out by the garage as I did a couple of years ago.

Spring is such an enjoyable time of year if you take the time to observe the renewal of Planet Earth's flora and fauna.

Of course, for my farming friends, it is a busy season and one fraught with concerns about the weather. I'm praying for them to have good weather, after all they grow the good and I like to eat.

Watch out for them to be moving their equipment along the roads. I know that it moves kind of slow, but take it from someone who has ran a tractor down a hill with the clutch pushed in to see how fast it could go. You really don't want to see it move faster than it does.

I'll have to take a trip to the country when the plowing starts, just for the rich smell of freshly plowed earth. Along with the smell of freshly cooked food, that smell holds so much promise of good things to come.

Ah, well, I guess I'd better go check the blades on my little John Deere. Spring is right around the corner.