First Full Day of Spring

The first full day of spring up here in Northern Vermont brought us a couple of inches of snow...after a week of 40° days. Most of the snow that had fallen since January, including the two feet from March 7th, had melted and by Sunday morning, we could see our entire front and back yard - of the green variety! I hadn't seen grass in months and it was a welcome sight. But today winter tried to push it's ugly, cold head back into our lives, dropping just enough snow to make driving difficult and revert the yard back to white. Just a little spring tease...

Kaiya and I picked out some baby chicks a few weeks ago. They are so incredibly cute and have interesting personalities. We bought them at Tractor Supply and they are suppose to be females, although the store said there's no guarantee. I'm really hoping that these little guys - er, girls - will grow up to be nice little red hens.

The boys and I had our third hunter safety class tonight. We're all enjoying it! Who knew there was so much to learn. I'm very glad that we're all taking the course. "Is the muzzle pointed in a safe direction? Is the action open? Is the gun loaded? Is your finger on the trigger? Is the safety on? Thank you."

And thank you, Mother Nature, for the spring tease. Not nice! :-)