Our Walk in the Woods

It's been a such beautiful week here.  You can smell spring in the air.  The sun has been shining and the air is starting to warm up (finally!).  Right now, there is no snow in my yard.  And no ice in my pool.  Summer is finally coming.

This year was incredible year for snow around here.  Here's a pic from a previous post that shows how high the snow banks actually were. When I was a kid, we got tons of snow, but the last 20 years or so have been a bit lean in the snow department.

On this particular cheerful, sunny spring day,  I pick up my camera and my son at school and along with a friend from his class, we went for a walk in the woods down at Baille Ard Trails. 

There was still a bit of snow here in the woods and on the trails.  We had to be a bit careful walking.

The sun shining through the trees...so pretty.

 

We brought some bird seed to feed the birds and squirrels.  Every so often we could come across a bench along the trail and leave a little present for the little critters.

We made some new friends.  The chickadees were a bit shy.  

This cute little squirrel  was very friendly and let us stick around and watch him eat.

The kids had a ball clowning around on this awesome rock.

And couldn't resist throwing some rocks.

Found this birdfeeder...

And a pussy willow!

I fell in love with these tree roots.  Maybe they'll make a great painting.

 Couldn'r resist taking some more reference photos.  Maybe you'll see them in one of my paintings sometime.

 Loved this...

And this....










Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing our walk in the woods :-)  Have a great week!