Welcome to April, the month of flowers and returning feathered friends. March was a month of mixed weather as it always is but let’s all hope for April to fulfill its reputation of lovely flowers everywhere.
The syrup season is over and now it’s time to start getting ready for our springtime harvesting. I look forward to the mushrooms soon to be sprouting with the coming April rains. Smelt will soon be running but I don’t make it over there anymore to dip them, so I wish good luck to those that do go this year.
As I mentioned my feathered friends are returning. I have had more Robins in my yard than ever before and so many Red Winged Blackbirds. But I have had a visit from a bird that has never landed in my yard, a Turkey Vulture. Now I realize that I am getting older and don’t move so quick anymore but come on bird give me a break.
Something else we need to keep in mind this month is the fact that the turtles will be waking up and will be crossing roadways. Please be careful to miss them and let them move on their way.
I came across a little “pay it forward” when shopping last month. When going to Aldi you need to put a quarter in the cart to extract it and use for shopping. Several carts have been left out by others so you do not need a quarter. I used one and upon leaving I met a lady outside and gave her my cart, the others were gone. I refused her quarter and she smiled broadly and said thank you very much.
It takes so little for each of us to make another person’s day. We don’t need to look for big things to do just pass on one little thing and put a smile on someone’s face.
The warmer days have me to yearning for some really nice afternoon so that I can grab my carving tools and sit in the yard and carve out a few spoons or maybe a walking stick. Just any excuse to sit in the sun and listen to the birds sing for me.
The best part about that would be that the wife can be working in the garden, and I can sit there and instruct her on the proper way to make things grow. I am such a helpful husband that way.
Well, that’s it for this month. May the sun shine upon you all, and I hope that everyone’s flowers bloom exceedingly great this year.
Please help keep our woods and waters clean.
