New Life...

I never grow tired of spring or of the new life it brings. Each year we've lived at Chickadee Farm, we've been blessed with hatchlings in the barn. Sometimes sparrows, sometimes robins, sometimes both. I always take pictures, and the funny thing is, they always look pretty much the same. But somehow, someway, each year's photo of baby birds in our barn feels like such a renewal to me.

I thought I'd missed the show this year. By the time I saw the robin babies over the barn door that leads to our pasture, they were large...fledglings, in fact. About to fly the nest. I never did get that photo, and I was sad.

But surprise! Another group of hatchlings - swallows - peeked above the top of the gorgeous nest on the middle beam of our barn. Last year, no babies were born in that nest, and so I was thrilled to see a trio there this year.

Another year at Chickadee Farm. These years are good ones. Just look at the life that surrounds us.