Thaw

By mid-February, I sometimes feel like the toy car I recently saw mired in a nearby pond:

Surrounded by ice, wondering if it will ever thaw.

Of course, it eventually does.

The sight of colorful lawns seems kind of weird after weeks of white, but I've enjoyed the warm weather this week . . .

 . . . and it's fun to see bluebirds and blackbirds visiting our feeders again for the first time in months.