I had a moment of wild joy last week. I happened to spot a squirrel on our front porch, handling one of the work gloves I had looped through the handle of our animal-proof birdseed pail. I figured he'd leave it be once he figured out there was no food inside, but that squirrel dragged the glove through the little porch drainage hole and out into the yard. I was about to leave to pick up my son from school, but by the time I got to the door, the squirrel was already sprinting across the street and up the neighbors' driveway, glove in mouth. I think I laughed for the entire two block walk to school. I'm imagining the glove as a cozy nest for some new baby squirrels.
I feel like spring is not coming in like a ballet but more of a comedy teasing us back and forth (in Michigan anyways). Beautiful warm days with the noise of frogs being almost too loud to bear and then back to cold,snowy, windy days.
I too have heavy buckets to carry lately but on those sunny warm magical early days of spring you really have to get outside and soak as much in as you can before it disappears back to dark and cold.
I had a moment of wild joy last week. I happened to spot a squirrel on our front porch, handling one of the work gloves I had looped through the handle of our animal-proof birdseed pail. I figured he'd leave it be once he figured out there was no food inside, but that squirrel dragged the glove through the little porch drainage hole and out into the yard. I was about to leave to pick up my son from school, but by the time I got to the door, the squirrel was already sprinting across the street and up the neighbors' driveway, glove in mouth. I think I laughed for the entire two block walk to school. I'm imagining the glove as a cozy nest for some new baby squirrels.
I feel like spring is not coming in like a ballet but more of a comedy teasing us back and forth (in Michigan anyways). Beautiful warm days with the noise of frogs being almost too loud to bear and then back to cold,snowy, windy days.
I too have heavy buckets to carry lately but on those sunny warm magical early days of spring you really have to get outside and soak as much in as you can before it disappears back to dark and cold.