Signs of Spring

I noticed a thicket of daffodils on the property the other day. The grass is greener and there is new growth budding on the live oaks along the boulevard. The osprey are back, livening things up a bit on the Sound.

We have grapevine draped around the front door of the model home on Fernando Street. It has little white lights laced through it and it really frames the entrance in a sweet old-fashioned way. For the past week I've notice a small bird fluttering just outside the door, not sure what kind of bird, she is smaller than a cardinal. I watched her fly off to a nearby tree and greet her mate, who is a mottled shade of red, so maybe they are very young cardinals. She came back a few minutes later up near the front door under the porch roof. The next day she's back again. And I realized that she is taking the grapevine to build her nest.

If she keeps it up, I'll have to do something about the white lights, they won't look as romantic without the grapevine.