Unseasonably Warm Weather

The weather has been so unusual this winter. Now with spring "officially" starting next Tuesday, one would think that we'd expect it to be like spring -- but it's not usually so. This year it appears to already be here! We've already been using the grill & enjoying sitting on the patio. It's so good to hear the birds & frogs and to enjoy God's beautiful world. Yesterday we took a drive over to the state grounds, it was so exciting to see some of the birds we don't see at home; the sand hill cranes, swans & coots (which I had never seen before).

Then there were those that we do see a lot around home, but I got some good pictures of them too:

And we stopped by the trout rearing station. Most of the pictures there were not so great, but will make good overlays for very interesting background papers to scrap with.  I did get this one of a big guy in there:

And one more -- the frogs have been deafening this year & I was so excited to be able to get a shot of one:

It's always so much fun to go see what's going on in God's world, there is so much to learn from stopping and taking a good look at what's happening, I'm going to enjoy this weather because you never know what tomorrow may bring.