Spring

We did receive about four inches of snow this week.  Chip and I were in Belle Fourche on Sunday; when we stepped outside after church, the biggest snowflakes that I have ever seen were falling.  Thankfully they melted as soon as they hit the ground.  (Will post a picture later.)

Another reason that I know that spring has arrived is that I picked a tick off of my clothes last night.  Ticks usually don't like me and so I am hoping that he was trying to get away from me, but I did throw him down the garbage disposal so that I won't see it again.  I hope!

Vacation is six hours away!

Spring Has Arrived

Spring has finally arrived in Montana which can be proven in several ways. It has been a long time in coming, but I believe that the birds are a sure sign of it. I arrived home Friday evening to the sounds of birds singing. There were at least a dozen Robins in our yard. Sunday, Chip and I went to Ekalaka and saw several flocks of cranes trying to fly north. The wind was sure messing with their flight. They were doing the wrap around thing. I told Chip that there are days that it might be faster to walk. This morning as I walked to school, I once again heard birds singing. A beautiful sound of spring!


Another sign of spring are the many calves that are showing up in pastures along the way. We have a couple dozen on the ground running around or napping in the beautiful sunshine. One mother cow was seen baby (calf) sitting at least a dozen calves. A cute sign of spring!

The last sign of spring that we have seen is all the work to do. Chip will soon be in the fields planting oats, and then there will be all the yard work to do such as mowing the lawn and watering the trees, and this year it will include putting log siding on the house. The tough sign of spring!

A sign of spring that we haven’t seen and very thankful that we haven’t is a spring blizzard. The past few years we have been hit hard with spring snowstorms. These are deadly on livestock, wildlife and people. We have had deer die in our hay yards. So far, the storms have gone north of us. We have received wind and rain. At this point it looks like I will make it home for Easter vacation. April 20th has been known to bring in a storm, but so far only rain is in the forecast.