But today it's here! Fenway and I found it as we took our long morning walk up the bike path. Of course an abundance of dandelions show happy yellow faces, but now forsythia is in bloom, beautiful dark blue-purple violets are tucked close to the ground and Mayapples are just beginning to open their umbrellas! And beautiful bunches of marsh marigolds in the wetter areas.
And "our" deer, much harder to see now with trees beginning to leaf. But we found some. Three were very helpful because they crossed the path just as we came walking up and we could watch them graze amongst the trees. And cardinals and chickadees and one beautful bright-yellow-on-back goldfinch flitting from branch to branch.
We left the pavement and walked into the woods following a deer trail/off road bike path. Just a few yards in and quiet descends. I could hear the small stream trickling over the rocks, branches way up in the trees clicking as the wind forced them to meet. Dancing in the breeze.
And two more deer resting on the far side of the stream.....ears cocked, watching us carefully as we passed. Back through the woods we re-discovered the first mini-herd but went back to the paved path rather than spook them.
We used to live in New Jersey and Delaware and in that area of the country we enjoyed a lovely long spring lasting maybe six weeks or so. Here we joke that Wisconsin spring arrives on a Wednesday.
Well this year it arrived on a Sunday, on Mother's Day. What a lovely gift. Thank you Mother Nature.
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