Spring will be here soon!!

The traffic going by must have wondered at this woman and her dog staring with open mouthed wonder at the tree. Surely all the passers-by saw this flock of birds swarming and filling the tree and scarfing down the cherry like crab apples left from last fall! If you only caught a glimpse of them you might suspect they were hungry sparrows. Lots of people think any small brownish bird is a sparrow. "Cedar Wax Wings!" I told Buster. "Interesting" he told me. "Let's go." and he tugged at the leash. After all, he couldn't catch them, smell them, or, I suspect, even see them. And he was standing in a puddle. I wished for my camera and calculated how long it would take me to get home, and get back with the amount of sun that was left. I could hurry. So I agreed with Buster and left the wax wings temporarily. I have seen them regularly here-usually in the fall out at the hedge on the golf course where there are also bright red berries! Then, as now, they are on their way through. That's a great sign!! Almost as good a sign as seeing the first robin. So I was really excited when the dog and I got back from our walk. I grabbed my camera. Put on a long lense and headed BACK to the tree. The wonderful digital camera means I can snap away until I get a shot that I know I like. Be excited. Spring is close.