The following weekend included Mother's Day Sunday and Carrie, Jay and the girls came for a visit. Carrie's high school friends were being celebrated at a surprise birthday party so it worked out for a great time for the family to come to "Grammy and Meme's house". It didn't take long for the girls to unpack and start playing. Lyla wanted to try out the pond (brrrr!) but we just smiled and let her go. We got the camera to record the first dip!
Well, Meme always enjoyed the honor of being the first to swim in the pond, so ...
not to be outdone, she got her suit on and in she went. 
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| Brave, courageous women! |
Since the visits, we had a week of dental appointments, eye check-ups and other errands. But we also got some great news - the weather would finally warm up and we could count on the sun shining for four or five days in a row. After the cold, wet two weeks we experienced since arriving home, this was really exciting. Today, in the midst of this great weather, I went to the shed early to put recycles away, and was thrilled with a symphony of bird songs. Grabbing my binoculars, I went for a 'bird walk' in Warbler Wonderland. I want to share pictures I pulled off the internet to show you some of the happy little birds I saw this morning.
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| Blackburnian Warbler |
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| Yellow-rump Warbler |
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| Black-throated Green Warbler |
The pictures I'm including are all taken of the males who have the brightest plumage during the spring. This can really help with visual identification. The wood warblers are some of the smallest birds in North America and fill the forest with their songs after arriving on their breeding grounds. We are fortunate that the insects we battle are the 'groceries' loved by these amazing birds. While on my walk, I also saw fifteen other bird species enjoying the feast of this environment. All in all, it is good to be back in Maine!
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