Not newborns....

Everywhere we go, we see newborn calves...well, not just newborn, but ones very, very young.  And one or two that I think were literally just born.  But we are never at a place to stop.  So I ran across this old photo and thought I would post it.
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I finished a couple crumb blocks this morn and I patched a pair of Roger's jeans this evening...the only sewing I have done in a couple or three days.  It was fun.  I actually took my time and did a neat job.   I really don't mind the patching, it is when the material gets so far gone that there is nothing left to patch to that I find patching a chore.
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It got windy, or what we thought was windy as we came home yesterday, but it did not hold a candle to the wind today.  It was there when I woke and though it may have slowed down some, it was till strong.  All day long.    And it felt like it was direct from an iceberg.  I am not sure if it got above 50º today.  Such a change from yesterday's shirtsleeve weather.

More Sandhill Cranes, and a 1st

With seeing the Sandhill Cranes yesterday, we thought it might be a good idea to head north to the Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife place...to go to the viewing station.

As you can see, we did see some...but they were not close enough for me to get nice photos.

And now for the total surprise of the day....

Can you see it?  Yep, a butterfly.  I totally did not expect to see one.  I could not get within 5 feet of it.  This photo is cropped.

And though I don't have photos to show them, I saw a frog hopping across the road and into the drainage ditch, and I saw a turtle!  And up there where we were, we still seen snow....and ponds were mostly frozen still.  All in all, a good day.

Feeling like spring....

We had coffee on the front porch for the first time this spring!  While sitting there, I heard something.  It took a few minutes for it to dawn on me that I was hearing Sandhill Cranes.

(I have put up bigger pics than I normally do.  For the best viewing, right click on each photo, then click 'view in new window, or view in new tab')
We finally spotted them but they were too far away.  Fast forward a bit as I was hanging up clothes, I started seeing more.  I got my camera, and got Roger and we took off trying to find where they were coming from.  Or if they were going to land in some of the fields around here.

We could not find either place, but we sure saw the Sandhill Cranes.  I bet we easily saw a thousand or more.

They were too far away for me to get any really great photos, but at least you can see some of them.

There would be a line heading out, about the time we heard another line approaching from the south, the one we are watching would start circling...and they would circle till the next line came and then they would head out together.  We did not ever see them pause again to wait for a third line of birds.

Finally a few flew just a bit closer...

Sorry for the photo overload, but I just couldn't narrow down my choices.

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Just think, in one day, we finally got enjoy sitting on our porch and having a cup of coffee, I got to hang clothes on the line, and as an added bonus, we got to see Sandhill Cranes.  And not just a handful which is normal for right here.