Spring Has Finally Sprung! Guess the visitors we've had!!

What a winter we had, and finally the flowers and trees are blooming.  The fresh smell of spring and rain.  Although it doesn't bother me, also comes along are the allergies.  Both of my children severely suffer with allergies.  My son is on a year round prescription and we have had to add two over-the-counter meds plus another prescription for eye drops.

Well, enough of that.  I wanted to share an interesting tale.  I had suffered with a very severe flu right before spring break and from that developed vertigo.  My sister came to my house to take me to the doctor.  Boy was she surprised to open our storm door to find a possum wedged between the two doors.  It was a baby, but not happy by any stretch of the word.  The below picture shows the possum in a wreath that had fallen off the wall of our porch.  Look close - he is in the wreath from where I ran him out of the door.

Well, this was quite a shock.  But the better surprise was the baby duck that decided to get caught in our garage.  Have no idea how either creature landed where they did.  The possum had to go but the duck was a little easier to handle.  Here is his first review:

Now who couldn't love this little guy???  We bought a heat lamp, a kiddy pool, duckling food, a water bottle, and wood shavings for the little fella.  He is growing and doing well.  We will be releasing him soon.  His pool sits inside our garden tub, for now.  He is very messy but we love watching him swim.  He is very fascinating and quick.

The next few pictures are of some of our spring tulips and flowering trees.  They are beautiful.