The starlings had brought the grackles to the coontina Saturday morning and there was lots of muttering about the lack of service. Then it kept snowing...
On Sunday, Violet had had enough. I however, was strangely captivated by this last snowfall on the first day of spring.
Brian called and confessed that he had said out loud to someone that he wished there was one last snowfall. He took full responsibility. I couldn't be mad because some years I'm guilty of doing the same thing.
The snow didn't last long though because on Sunday the temperature was in the 50s and it started melting fast. Soon you could see the formerly snow covered crocuses reappear with their little stretched necks poking their heads above the melting snow. They were probably thinking- "What the heck happened there?"
Those crocuses are tough girls though and can survive just about anything.
In two days the snow was almost gone and more of those crocus girls appeared.
Eight-ten inches of snow and just a couple days later...this!
Some of them with the color of sunshine.
Then it was back to the usual gloomy days full of precipitation. But now that the daffodils are starting to put on their show, it is finally, finally definitely spring. The sun might be busy in other parts of the world but at least the sun-colored flowers of spring are located here.
There was another transition of sorts this past week. This permanently scuffed up cat shows up at the coontina twice a day... mostly for pets, not food. I've always wondered what his story was because he's always recovering from fights and certainly looks and acts like a stray but every now and then he will wear a collar...but never the same one. He'll wear a collar for a couple days and then it's gone and then several weeks later, a new collar. Who is putting them on? ....And who is taking them off? Anyway, he showed up in yet another new collar this week and this time with a nametag attached to it. Now I know he belongs to someone and is not a stray. The name of this cat just makes me laugh though because I would never ever have matched that name with this cat.
Ladies and gentleman (Russ, that's you), you have now been introduced to...
Pablo
7 comments:
You're spring flowers are lovely and I'm glad they survived the snowfall. They are indeed hearty. I just love Pablo.. what a cutie. :)
Bablo is wonderful, but is he neutered? Sounds like he has a rough life. Would be interesting to know more of his story.
Great shots, Pablo suits him.
So glad the crocus can deal with the last gasp snow storms. They(the flowers) bring so much hope and cheer. Your photos do them justice. My crocus are toughing it out through snow and yuck.
Nice to meet Pablo. He looks so cool and yet tough in that tuxedo. "Pablo, James Pablo. I'll have my milk shaken, not stirred."
Those little flower faces are darling and Pablo's little fat fuzz face is to die for! I love those Tuxedo kittehs :) I hate hearing he has a rough life.
He actually looks like a Pablo!!!
What is Pablo's story? Is he in a permanent state of rebellion? Are most of these fights he gets into over a woman?? Pablo brings more questions than answers.
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