Robins, Robins, Everywhere

    After a stretch of relatively mild weather, Easter weekend brought a blast of winter.  Heavy, wet snow fell steadily on April 13th and 14th.  It was perfect snowman snow.  On the 15th, the temperature rose and almost everything that had fallen - at least a foot - melted.  Puddles dotted the driveway and formed in the shallow sections of our lawn.  By the next morning (Sunday), it was snowing heavily once again  We received more than another foot by Monday night.


     It was an atypical Easter weekend, spent dealing with a blocked sewer line (we had to have a plumber here on Easter Monday, the second "after hours" service call in 8 days).  The bright spot for me was the very sudden appearance of robins in the middle of the snowfall on Monday.  I glanced up from my laptop and was shocked to see the crab apple tree outside the plant room filled with dozens of robins!  I stopped counting at 35. There were more in the trees along the alley behind the house, too. They were chubby, lively, and loving the snow!  Some were fluttering their wings the same way they do when bathing in puddles.  Others were eagerly feasting on the shriveled up crab apples left on the tree.   These pictures are unfortunately not very clear, but they will give you the idea.  (Click on pictures to enlarge)