Its April’s Turn

Any man, woman, child, cat, dog, bird or rodent in New England will tell you that March never gave us anything close to spring weather. I guess those two warm days we had at the end of February constitute “in like a lamb” but it’s up to April to deliver the warmth and beauty of spring. Oh, March gave us a couple of days in the 50s, we even hit 60 once or twice, but we also had a big bunch of snow. We also had a few days in the teens, some single-digits and some seriously cold rain.

We tried to find spring wherever we could. We bought ice cream the day our local soft-serve place plowed their parking lot and opened for the season. The animals around us, perhaps encouraged by a much warmer than normal February, had some babies. We put Maddie’s cot outside on my wife’s her patio. I left my car out of the garage a few nights. We fed the birds, squirrels and chipmunks. We walked and sat outside, a crocus even bloomed, but winter would not give up.

It’s April’s turn. Monday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Pirates will open their season on the road at Fenway Park in sorta-nearby Boston. In a couple of weeks, some of us will celebrate Easter. I told you that I didn’t trust March. It seems I had good reason. I have faith in April. April will deliver.

This post has been part of Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Linda gave us a complex challenge, but she encouraged us to “have fun” and I have.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “any.” Begin your post with the word “any.” Bonus points if you theme your post on another word that starts with “A.” Have fun!

The gallery includes a look back on the lion that was March. I borrowed some from my editor. I’d like to say I was trying to avoid duplicates, but she took better photos, so… Beneath that is a little video. You’ll need to turn the sound up to hear what the birds think of our weather.

During the blizzard. I was in Florida when my wife took this photo. I felt bad.

This is what 20″(50.8cm) of snow looks like after the plow clears the street.

Into the bunny portal

The other bunny portal

This was the first pass with my snow blower after the mid-month storm.

I’m sure Mrs Bun wasn’t too happy about having to did this hole.

Bunnies – These tracks go into these holes and emerge through a similar hole on the other side of the fence.

Maddie enjoyed a couple of hours of sunshine on her cot.

I might miss opening day at Fenway, but not here.

March brought us DST, so this picture wasn’t available until about 7:00am

Chocolate flurry with Reese’s cup pieces mixed in.

That’s Eddie. One of the Iowa cats.

Birds, squirrels and Chippy all come here to eat. Chippy sometimes lives under the porch.

You have to look close, but the little squirrel became an orphan in March :(

Chippy

Chippy has been doing some excavating in our yard.

Chippy

And, this is for the birds: