SPRING IS THINKING ABOUT US!!!!!

I know this because the robins that have been grouped and hiding en masse in the woods are now doing curtsies and bobs and weaves while the boy robins are beating their chests like flighted Tarzans...

And the cardinal males are chasing each other from tree to tree in a show of true manliness!!!

While the women are gathering stuff for the house.

NOTHING REALLY CHANGES, PEOPLE!!!! ;)

But we have more sun in the evening so things are beginning to ramp up here on the farm.

The guys are pulling wood that will be split for firewood for next winter for us and customers. Mostly customers because this is PRETTY WOOD.... I burn all the less than stellar looking wood because that way we've got the best of both worlds...

And Dave has cut log rounds for customers.... People love these log rounds, they use them for so many things....

And I want to be outside working but I'm doing tax records stuff right now and then next week I'm gone, so I won't be getting anything accomplished outside for two weeks...which is all right, but as winter winds down, we're all just so anxious to clean things up... rake.... trim.... pick up the plethora of things winter winds have set a-sail!!!!

And this is what's going on at Grammy Preschool:

Lena learning to measure flour evenly with a handy-dandy knife for leveling:

Here we're doing a change of seasons project, making spring flowers for Mom and Dad:

Do you see that button jar? An old glass Planters Peanuts jar....

And the top isn't broken!!! (yet)

They'll be so cute when they're done!

And we celebrated National Waffle Day last week with this:

We did those delicious Saveur Belgian Waffles RECIPE HERE that come out perfect every time. And I double the recipe and freeze them, individually wrapped so folks can have waffles anytime. Really good ones!

I've had a busy week... and more to come. And I'm always happy when taxes are off my plate and sent in. It's such a hassle and that is like the one thing I procrastinate on and I  do it for a reason.... because then everything is fresh in my mind as I go through the lists.... but gosh, I hate giving up a few days of writing and cleaning and whatever to do it!

(I do like spring cleaning. It's like therapy up here.)

Pantry cupboards have been cleaned and organized!!!!

SUNBEAM AT THE BOTTOM!!! :)

Like OH MY STARS. I can actually see things again.

Do you get that giddy feeling when things are organized??? Or am I total nerd? Because I'm not Mrs. Clean by any stretch of the imagination, but I do love it when stuff is in place...

Sigh.

And it feels so right to have that happen in spring!

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