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Looking For Hints of Spring!

It’s only 10 more days until the official first day of Spring!! Are you getting excited? Whoohoo, I am! It’s going to feel like winter and it’s supposed to snow this weekend, but Spring is really just around the corner! It’s time to take our annual walk around outside (bundle up if it’s cold where you are!) and look for hints of Spring. Here’s a few that I found today!

Look at the trees. Are they starting to get buds on them?

Violas are some pretty dainty, but really tough flowers and I found one blooming today!

The daffodil flowers are pushing their way up through the ground.

I can’t remember which flower this is at the moment, but, hey, it’s green and it’s growing! 🙂

This may look like a pile of old dried up leaves but look closely and you can see some green leaves growing down inside there! Can you spot any?

Some of our favorite birds are showing up at the bird feeders again! I counted 15 different kinds of birds here the other day. 🙂

Our dog, Rusty, found this chipmunk hole today. He’s on the lookout now for the occupants of that hole. 😉

Now it’s your turn! What signs of Spring can you find outside close to where you live? If you get some snow this week or weekend, don’t get discouraged because Spring is almost here!! 🙂

Happy Earth Day 2020!

Today is a day to think about the beautiful earth that we live on and what we can do to enjoy it more and protect it. It’s a great day to go outside for a walk and see what interesting things you can find since the last time you were outside. Have any plants started growing? Are there any new flowers blooming? I’ve been enjoying walking around our yard and seeing what new Spring life I can find. We’ve had a few kinds of flowers blooming. Like these miniature daffodils…

And tulips…

Some violas and succulents in a pot look so pretty!

Those are all flowers that we planted ourselves but if you look closely, I bet you can find some wild flowers. Like these wild violets…

Our yard is also popping with dandelions! I’m guessing you can find some of those nearby.

Look around for any interesting bugs you might see. What kind of bug is this?

If you said a ladybug you are exactly right! They are so tiny but they are friendly little bugs that help us by eating some other bugs that will harm our plants. This is a really closeup picture of a ladybug walking on my thumb. Pretty cool, isn’t it?

So what can YOU do to make the earth better? How about helping an adult rake up any old leaves leftover from the winter? Has any trash blown into your yard? You could pick it up and throw it away and your yard will look so much nicer! Planting new trees and planting a garden are great things to do too. How about feeding the wild birds? Put out some bird seed and see what hungry birds show up.

Or take a pine cone and cover it with peanut butter and roll it in birdseed and hang it outside for a yummy snack for your bird friends.

With mom or dad’s help, maybe you could put a bird feeder out for the wild birds to eat from. But you never know who else might show up for a few nibbles. Can you tell who is eating at this bird feeder?

Yep! It’s a squirrel! Oh, well, they get hungry too, right? 😉 So whatever you do today to celebrate Earth Day 2020, I hope you have a good day! Let’s take care of our earth! It’s the only one we have! 🙂