Guess what…guess what…

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Guess what…my husband spotted a hummingbird yesterday on our front porch checking out flowers I have waiting to be planted! I think I can safely say spring is here to stay. Those little birds make it official for me.

So, I made up a batch of hummingbird food and put up my feeders last evening to welcome them properly! Hip hip hurray!!!

I popped into a couple garden centers yesterday in search of annuals for pots I put around the yard. Oh my, the colors and flowers were soooooo delightful to see all pretty and just waiting for a proper home for the summer. They seemed to perk up as I passed each one by saying please take me home with you!

Recent rain has helped to green up the grass here. Leaves are sprouting on the trees. Forsythia is blooming as are the daffodils showing off my favorite color.

It certainly had been a very long winter in all kinds of ways from the weather to all the nasty events, talk, attitudes that make headlines on the news. Times have felt very dark, cold and dreary.

I find myself very appreciative of every hint and mark of spring that has arrived this year. I am soaking it up and savoring the color and warmth and hope that it brings to restore my strength for what lies ahead.

Mother Earth is waking up once again and seemingly so am I!

It is easy this time of year for me to notice and take in with curiosity and wonder simple things that do nourish and fill me up. I guess that is the benefit of the winters of our lives. They offer the opportunity to look for a light as the mist of darkness begins to clear.

Will you take a moment to notice with a curiosity something simple in your world today?