Another February Already!

"One month is past, another is begun,

Since merry bells rang out the dying year,

And buds of rarest green begin to peer,

As if impatient for a warmer sun;

And though the distant hills are bleak and dun,

The virgin snowdrop, like a lambent fire,

Pierces the cold earth with its green-streaked spire

And in dark woods, the wandering little one

May find a primrose."

February 1st. 1842 ~ Hartley Coleridge 

Mockingbird

Eastern Grey Squirrel

Male House finch

Today I enjoyed the birds, baked pistachio muffins (shared with my neighbor

 who shared his excellent seafood stew with us), and did some

 much-needed paperwork. I feel as if I'm in hibernation . . . . . . it would

 be so easy just to be lazy.  February is never my favorite month. 

Thank goodness for Valentine's Day in the middle. It does lift the spirit

 somewhat with all those red hearts popping up, and makes me want

to write pretty cards . . . . . . and eat a little chocolate!