Spring Back

Two weeks ago we went on a short trip to Rhode Island. We are very lucky to have a friend who lets us stay in her house by the beach, looking out across to Block Island. It was a sunny, warm weekend, and I felt that Spring had finally arrived. We took a walk through the Ninigret Nature Preserve,




and ended up being there just in time for a spectacular sunset.




The next morning I sat, protected from the wind by the pile of logs that had yet to be used in the fire place, and was warm enough to sit for a while there, watching all the birds coming out to play in the sunshine. I felt as though buds might actually bloom as I sat watching, and the leaves would appear on the trees by the end of day.



Little did I know that this was just a teaser of seasons yet to come: by the time we returned to the city it was cold and the wind was cutting. The next week brought dreary weather, frigid and rainy. I thought that it was only made worse by the fact that I had not recovered from losing an hour, so I felt sleepy all week as well...but again, I was wrong. What really made it worse in the end was the horrible cold that I caught, and have been fighting off ever since. So now I just look at these pictures of my birds, full of hope and optimism, and sigh.



Spring seems as elusive as this cardinal in the scrub,but I have faith still--one day soon it must be Spring!