annual robin count

3 and 4 in the park along Rowland Road
...5 in a yard off Bellamy Hill

serenaded by small ones

Gravity

friday sun on the patio

some pots are broken
some leaves need raking
some twigs need collecting
a bird feeder needs topping up
and some serious sweeping sweeping sweeping

still some snow
but onto the hardy business
of spring

it's good...

it's good to be here
on a snowy spring evening

it's good to have enjoyed a nice lunch
with tasty broth and ramen noodles
tables close together

it's good to come home to
a 19 year old 'kitten'
nuzzles and lap time

it's good to know that for now
all is good

and that it's good to hold tight
and embrace everyone
and everything

all so lovely
and loving

cottoning

puffy fluffs are falling from the sky
onto rooftops
branches
lawns and walks
everything is swaddled
swaddled in white

springtime in Canada

reading today about the weather in Toronto
1200 reported auto collisions

friends near La Chute
'waiting for the storm to pass'

a bit windy here
snow forecast for later this week

a bit of runoff from the roof
melting before more freezing
then melting again

disruptions to the GulfStream

taking the 'norm'
out of normal

the first...

i heard her singing before i saw her
flitting from branch to branch
in the dogwood
the first robin

spring has been slow in coming this year
but now it has arrived

welcome to the red ones