Gorgeous!

That's the only word for a day like today. It's early April and the birds are returning. Bugs are waking up, there's some bare patches of earth peeking from under the snow, and the kids are building mud "dams" in the runoff in the driveway.

Maybe, just maybe, it will soon be spring! There's still way too much snow for it to be official yet, but even the potential is exciting. And yes, I am intentionally ignoring the fact that we have a possibility of snow in the forecast for the next two days!

Chuck and I went to the auto parts store in Bruce Crossing this morning, and on the way home we saw a wolf standing out in a field. He would be the second wolf that I've actually seen myself in the last year. The first one we saw on the train tracks less than two miles from our house. That's plenty close enough, thank you. This one was just standing in the field about 300 feet from the road almost as if he was appreciating the warm sun and the gentle breeze; he, too, was convinced for that moment that the long dark winter is almost over.

Thank you, Lord, for the beauty and promise of spring!