Maybe, Just Maybe

Even though it is supposed to be in the low 30's for the next three days, the Dogwood Tree in the front yard is promising that spring might actually be coming soon. As I follow the hummingbird migration map, I see that the little jewels are slowing arriving in Southern Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. They arrived here on March 1 last year so it won't be long.

A Little Trip

We're going to visit the grandchildren this weekend. It's been almost three months since we saw them last and we are missing them and their mother a lot. For the next three days we will be playing in sand, singing songs, counting things, discussing serious boy/girl issues, and helping with a building project. Our dog Cocoa always accompanies us on our journeys so all of her travelling clothing is packed and ready to go. We are headed for the Florida Panhandle, will take all the back roads, and stop at any Yard Sales that may appear along the way.

Goodbye To Yonder Days

And so, another passage in our lives.....we sold the motor home this week and today it took it's leave through our front gate. Along with it went the memories of the past 15 years: the summers in North Carolina at Down by the River Campground relaxing and fishing in the nearby river; weekends spent in various Florida campgrounds with RVing Women; get-a-ways to Green Acres Campground when we wanted to be away from the phone (WAY before the days of cell phones); the year we spent living in Papa's driveway after we sold the Brandon house and were building our current home; the respite for Shannon and Elizabeth while they searched for a more permanent place to call their own. We bought this vehicle so that we could take our four dogs with us on all of our vacations. Gaela and Eiseley would bark and run to the back door every time the engine started up. "Don't go without us!!" they seemed to shout. But those days are gone; the babies are gone; and we travel now by other means with only Miss Cocoa in the back seat of the car. We sold this wonderfully preserved motor home to some really good friends and hope they enjoy it as much as we did.

First Sign of Spring

We have a lovely stand of Redbud trees out near the road that tell us when Spring is on its way. Today, we noticed that the buds were beginning to pop, a sure sign that winter is almost over. The hummingbird migration map becomes active on Thursday and I will be following it's daily movement waiting for the birds to arrive here in our part of the state. The cardinals, finches, titmice, and chickadees have been very busy refining their songs and gathering materials for nesting. I am encouraged.