Signs Of Spring

[poliphilo]

The day before yesterday I was sweeping the landing  when I saw something flicker in my path.  I looked closer and saw it was a very small pair of wings throwing back the light as their owner- a newly hatched fly or flying ant- trundled from one side of the carpet to the other- like a pensioner on a zebra crossing.

And yesterday I left the back door open to let the fresh air in- and it also let in the most enormous bumblebee- who flew into the corner of the kitchen to fuss at a high window until I climbed up onto the counter to let her out. 

Comments

[mummm.livejournal.com]

Good!!!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thankx!

[sculptruth.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww bumblebees! How lovely -- I absolutely cherish that first day the sun pours in and I can throw open my windows.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If it made any sense to have a favourite insect, the bumblebee would be mine.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Yes! Isnt true spring grand? Not here yet, but the signs are there. Crocus greenery peeking out of the soil, pigeons back on the rooftops (the cat appreciates this -- he is quite a bird watcher), daytime temperatures way above freezing, nighttime temperatures MOSTLY above freezing. Hopefully it wont be long...
So glad you let the bumblebee out again...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Clearly we're a few weeks ahead of you. Our crocuses are already in bloom.

I have tender feelings towards most insects- mosquitoes and bluebottles excepted.