I just got to eat lunch on my back patio.

For those of you in Michigan, this isn’t a surprise. I kicked the last bit

of snow off yesterday, so it is clear (there is still snow in parts of the yard). But it’s blue skies and sunny.

The yellow finches mating plumage is coming out – and they are bright. Robins are bouncing around the ground. There was a blue jay on the corn I put out for the squirrels. Several other birds on the feeders singing about the warmth that has finally arrived.

Time to clean up the winter mess – leaves and branches. I need to put away the tables and chairs from the winter hibernation.

But for now, spring has sprung. Now if only the ice would leave the lakes…