The silver grey before the greening . . .

We love our dandelions. Those sturdy first flowers of spring. On this Chilcotin meadow they open before any other petals are brave enough to unfurl their colours.  

Home.  Where quiet is complete. 

And Spring is underway. 

A mossy corner of the old pump house down at the foot bridge

This early morning moose crossing the creek at a well chosen shallow bend.

Now that's gotta be chilly.

That's the flagpole where we have never raised a flag in deference to the wildlife and the birds.  Instead it has become a hawk and owl perch and a white metal pole in an otherwise perfectly natural setting.

Spring.

Cranes overhead.

Drinking it all in.

Other years, Other Aprils ~ on the meadow.

Oh marvelous spring ~

"The Earth is like a child that knows poems."

  ~Rainer Maria Rilke

 





Awake, thou wintry earth -
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness!

~Thomas Blackburn, "An Easter Hymn"







Other springs ~ other years, other Aprils on the meadow.





David with one of our ewes and her lamb (2007?)



April Lambs-a-leaping on our front porch :)



We have been talking about getting a few sheep again, chickens too this year.
It's time.



"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest."

~Percy Bysshe Shelley, "The Sensitive Plant"

 

Yes indeed. Time to invite more of these sweet souls into our lives and our April days.

Till next time and as always, thanks for dropping by.

Ginty's Pond and Similkameen colours

 Here we are; tucked in down in the Similkameen for a couple of weeks.   

David and I and David's mom went for a delightful drive the other day to enjoy the sights and sounds of spring.  The whole world here is bluebird coloured.

 

Here is a link to Mum's post about the same drive ~ we talked about dueling blog posts : ) since we were both clicking away on our cameras while David toured us around... most enjoyable!!