S P R I N G ! !

Finally the ice is starting to melt off the lake.  It is going to be a nice day tomorrow as well so I suspect the rest of the lake will go within the next few days.  And it didn't take long for the ducks to find the water.  We had 5 male and 1 female Bufflehead and a male and female Mallard.  Nice to see them swimming around.
We also rotated the toys the other day.  Put the snowmobile away and got the boat out.  And the quads are out too.
We spent a part of today clipping and taking trees down that were damaged in the ice storm on New Years Eve.  Lots of branches and trees hanging over the trails.  Still a ton of cleaning up to do but we have the time!!!

A LITTLE FRIEND RETURNS

Every spring, like clockwork, we get a visit from a lone mourning dove.  He was here on Monday morning.  I looked out and he was on the driveway in front of the house.  I went out and shook the bird feeder to disperse the sunflower seeds on the ground so he could have something to eat.  He made his way over to his spot under the feeder and foraged for some seeds.  The wind and snow came in the afternoon and he flew over to the pine and settled in protected to wait out the storm.  He was there this morning but I can't see him this afternoon.  He is somewhere.  He usually hangs around for a few days and then he flies off somewhere.  He has been coming around for well over 4-5 years so he is an older bird.  Always nice to see a friend.

A SURE SIGN OF SPRING

Got the quads out!!!!!

TIME FOR THE WOOD

Time to start to bring over the wood from the other property  No bugs and still cool (alright, cold) out.  We brought over 4 trailer loads this morning.  We still have to do about 2 more to fill Rejean's wood shed.  We will do mine a little later on after I am done using the wood I have - not in the near future...

SHOPPING DAY

We tried to shop on Saturday but there was a line up at Value-Mart (everyone was practising social distancing politely) when we got there and we really didn't need anything so we held off til today.
We woke up to snow!!  But that didn't stop us.  We got our masks and our large container of Lysol wipes and headed into town.
My friend Nancy Roberts who now has a business called Red Buttons, sews masks and I ordered a few for Rejean and myself.  His are masculine and mine are poppys and cartoon cars.  Might as well have fun while trying to stay healthy.  You are seeing more and more people in town wearing masks.  And if it adds another level of protection, why not.
As usual I supplied Rejean with the list and he went in.  He is doing very well doing all the shopping.  He now knows how come I spend so much when I do the shopping.  Things are not cheap!!
We are good for another week...

HAPPY EASTER

...probably practising social distancing.

Hope he showed up at your house...

HAPPY SIBLINGS DAY

Happy Siblings Day to my sisters, Susan and Joanne.  Plus I thought I would throw in a couple of shots of our Easter outfits.  Every year we would have new shoes, dresses and hats and gloves.
A totally different world right now...