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Could it be.......Spring?

Our cardinals are back.
Could it be a sign of Spring?
There is no sign yet of the chipmunks.  They must still be snoozing in their little tunnels under our lawn.
I hesitate to say this but, we have had no snow for a few days now and most of the accumulated snow has now gone.
So, I am living in hopes that we shall not get any more.  Well....ok...we will probably get snow flurries etc as it is still blooming cold but I hope we don't get any more measurable snow.   As in huge great lumps of it all over the place.
I have even been out for a walk. 
I haven't done this since November so it is quite an occasion to celebrate.  I didn't go all that far as the wind was biting, but it was nice not to have to climb snow mountains to cross a road.
So, with all this talk of Spring and disappearing snow, I was surprised to hear scraping and chipping again yesterday.
What did I see when I looked out of the window?
This.

Merv out there scraping away at his hole again.
Look there is hardly any poxy snow there.  What does he think it will do?
If that melted there would be barely a bucket of water.   It isn't going to cause a flood.
I could not believe it.
Poor Merv.
He has had a good winter as far as his hole is concerned.
We have had quite a lot of snow and ice.  Well, we really haven't been without it for months so he has had plenty of digging and shovelling to do.
He must be getting pretty desperate though to be out there fiddling with that little lot.
Spring must be very dull for Merv.  In the Summer he is often to be seen on his hands and knees with a penknife, digging weeds out of his lawn and from in between the pavement slabs.
Autumn he has fun with the leaves.  I have even seen him pick up leaves from his garden, walk across the neighbours garden and dump them on his doorstep.
I don't know what that is about.  The neighbour doesn't sweep his leaves much so Merv probably thinks they are blowing over from there.
Winter.....he is back to the snow.
So, Spring....what is he to do?  He must drive Mrs Merv nuts in the Spring.

I went to the doctor on Friday about my gob.
She sent me for blood tests.  Tests for just about everything you can think of.
I should have the results soon.    She did offer me powerful drugs which can sometimes help a bit.
The side effects of these drugs are awful and they aren't even that successful.
Apparently, some fatalities can occur.
Won't be bothering with those then.

posted by Sue Banks @ 1:52 PM