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Friday, April 15, 2011

Spring Advances Slowly

A few signs of spring in our back yard.

Our crabapple tree will soon be full of glorious flowers; but, for now, the green is a welcome sight.
The yellow flowers of forsythia are always a beautiful way to signal the coming of spring.

The robins returned in February, apparently optimistic that spring couldn't be far behind. 

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15 comments:

  1. Ruth HiebertApril 15, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Very pretty.I have seen so many Robins in the last few days.

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  2. SandraApril 15, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    I LOVE that robin photo -- great detail! :)

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  3. Bossy BettyApril 15, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Love Robins! We don't have them around here and I miss them!

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  4. Elizabeth GrimesApril 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    Those are beautiful photos! Nice job. :)

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  5. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    Thanks, Ruth. The robins are here in abundance, too.

    Thanks, Sandy. I was pretty pleased with it myself. :)

    BB - We have so many robins that they're not our favorite bird. Too much of a good thing...you know?

    Thanks kindly, Elizabeth.

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  6. Out on the prairieApril 15, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    I'm ahead of you a bit, I'll send some your way.

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  7. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 15, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Steve - I've noticed from your photos that you seem to be a bit ahead of us. We're on our way, though.

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  8. Deb from WhatsInMyAtticApril 15, 2011 at 10:58 PM

    We are being driven out of our yard by robins...sassy little things, they are! We've a lot of blossoms, and I noticed some of the trees have a few tiny leaf buds trying to come out. From a distance they look green! It's coming, just not fast enough for me this year!

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  9. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 15, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Deb - I know what you mean about robins. "Sassy" is a good word for them.

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  10. HilaryApril 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    The robin photo is a beauty, Linda. Your spring is advancing more rapidly than ours. But we've had robins through most of the winter the past couple of years. They seemed to disappear around mid-December and return 2 months later. They're learning to tolerate our winters.. mostly.

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  11. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 16, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Thanks, Hilary. Considering the beautiful critter photos on your blog, your compliment means a lot. Our experience with robins seems to be about the same as yours. I'm not exactly sure when they disappear, but they seem to reappear in early to mid-February. Sometimes they disappear again briefly, then return in droves.

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  12. DeborahApril 16, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    What beautiful photo's, and the robin one is just wonderful!

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  13. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 16, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Thanks so much, Deborah.

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  14. Betsy Banks AdamsApril 17, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Hi Linda, Glad you are having some signs of spring up there. Hope you didn't get any of that horrible weather yesterday. We didn't have anything severe --but we did get FIVE inches of rain. AND --it was 33 degrees early this morning here. Brrrrrr.

    Have a great Palm Sunday.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  15. Linda at To Behold The BeautyApril 17, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    Hi, Betsy. We didn't have tornadoes or anything like that...just rain, cold, and wind. Not as much rain as you got, though!

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