Springtime Life Sprinkles

Early Spring is here in all its glory... rain, mud, and clouds.  But! The snow has melted, and little tiny green buds are appearing everywhere, and it won't be long until the world around us dances in color! 

There is a bit of color that just showed up in my garden! These sweet crocuses are lifting their faces to the sun!

I was so excited to see the warm sunshine, I hung clothes out on the line to dry.
They didn't quite dry all the way and needed about another 10 minutes in the dryer... but it was a start!
That picture was taken last week... all that snow has melted now :) 

I spotted a bluebird on our morning walk! From a distance this picture was taken...
not very clear, but quite exciting to see!

Thinking of my garden, and spending time in it, I decided to make a little garden handmade scrapbook
using pictures from my garden last summer. 

I used a fun Spring scrapbooking kit and made the mini-scrapbook quite quickly.  

A closer look ... 

Our morning walks have been quite foggy, and there is just something so special about the fog,
it makes the ordinary somehow mysterious, shadowy and beautiful. 

Here's a smile for your day! After days of rain, the sun came out.  I came back home after running some errands,
and found these sweet girls along with Mr. Pepper all camped out on my porch sunbathing!
Chickens sunbathe in the funniest positions, it makes me smile to watch them! 

My oregano survived the long winter!  Soon I will be able to cut it and feed it to my chickens.
Oregano is soo good for the girls :) I also dry it and use it in my kitchen.  Love that it returns every year!

Seeds are sprouting and growing rapidly!  This corn is doing great!  I plant three varieties since
 corn needs at least two varieties to pollinate each other.  

My sunflowers are coming right along too! 

We had a rain storm roll through right at sunset and left behind this glorious rainbow! 

I almost was able to capture the entire rainbow in the picture... almost :)  Do you see the faint second rainbow?

Our local herd of elk roaming the canyon hillside close to our home.
I was sad that I didn't have my zoom lens with me to get a better picture! 

A bluebird family has taken up residence in this box I placed last year!  The swallows ran them off last year.
I hope they can claim it for their own this year! 

Evening walks at sunset are glorious!

 Walking is refreshing, not just for the body... but for the soul too!
Seeing a sunrise/sunset a day keeps the doctor away, I do believe :) 

Early morning walks now reveal green sprouting up everywhere!  Hooray! 

Our neighbor's horse, Breeze was enjoying a late evening snack while the skies danced in colorful hues behind her. 

Spring has definitely arrived, and for that, we are very grateful! We managed to escape the late spring snow that so many northern states received last week, and instead only received rain and wind.  I've been busy raking piles of pine needles and picking up the yard from the mess that winter winds leave behind. 

Tonight we had our first bonfire of the season. It felt wonderful to set out our chairs around the campfire and prepare for months of enjoying evening bonfires.

I'm thankful for all the joys that spring brings, and now we await the glorious blooms that will be coming any day.  Right now, I just have crocuses blooming in my garden, but the tulips and daffodils are growing quickly, and their color is greatly anticipated :)

How does spring look in your world?