The sound of music

On many an occasion we would walk through the woods listening to the music of a song bird but never locating the origin of the sound.  Today, as we made our way through the glen, the sound of a song bird filled the air.  We stopped and listened to the happy chirping. We looked around but did not see anything but the chirping continued long enough for our eyes to adjust to our surroundings.  And, as we looked around scanning the trees for the source of the sound, we spotted a tiny wren perched upon a branch of a nearby tree.  Oblivious to our presence it continued it's lovely song, its joyful melody echoing after us as we made our way home.

Easter surprise

The geese together again

It was a few weeks after Easter that we got the biggest surprise of the spring.  We hadn't seen the goose much since our last sighting by the pool and had assumed that the goose had left the pond.  But, then, today as we walked by the pond we saw not one goose, but two, but wait there was more ... five more by our count ... five baby goslings.  It finally all made sense ... the geese had been nesting, now here they were with their new little family.  We were happy for the geese for this is the first time since we had known them that they had successfully nested. We left the pond excited to come back the next day.

...with five little goslings