If you don’t find that to be a really exciting concept in the spring, you’re either a man or you don’t live in a climate where you’re hermetically sealed in a dry box of recycled air for at least five months every year. I was walking past an open window this morning and was attracted by a sound that I haven’t heard in months. There were birds outside, calling to each other. Actually, I recognize this one and it’s a cardinal. They’re easy to spot with their brilliant scarlet color and propensity to head for the highest local vantage point available. I think its time for me to bring my blue enameled Birdbath back into the yard. Oh happy day.

Last spring when my family was casting around for the Mother’s Day gift, they only needed to look for a backyard idea to make me happy and this wonderful brass bird bath was a great gift. There’s something about having birds in your garden that brings the whole thing even more to life. I love watching the robins bouncing around on the grass listening for bugs and worms just below the surface of the grass. They freeze and then seem to pounce upon their hapless prey. Even my budgies get excited with the coming of spring and they sit by the open window contesting the local territory with the cardinals. What a racket they make and I really couldn’t care less.