Monday, March 21, 2016

Robin Redbreast

First Sign of Spring

I saw my first Robin yesterday!  I wish I would have snapped a photo.  She (maybe he) was a beauty!   She perched on top of the clothes line post and sat there proudly!  She was plump and confident!  Sitting there looking left and right and then, I felt as if she might be looking right at me sitting in my chair. 

My first thought was of Granny D.  When Granny was still living we had a "thing!"  We would keep our eyes peeled for that first sign on Spring, that first Robin to make an appearance.  Then we would call each other to say, I'm first, I saw the first Robin.  I loved to be the one who made that call.  It was OK coming in second, but oh, to be first was the best!

I wonder if I would have been first this year.  I wonder is my visitor yesterday was sent by my Granny!  I wonder, I wonder!  Spring is here!


3 comments:

  1. OMG! My mom and I have that same tradition and I know I will forever think of her once she's passed whenever I see my first robin. It's the best -seeing those adorable hopping birds with their beautiful red breasts!

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  2. OMG! My mom and I have that same tradition and I know I will forever think of her once she's passed whenever I see my first robin. It's the best -seeing those adorable hopping birds with their beautiful red breasts!

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  3. Happiness is seein robins. They built nests in out clothesline a when I was a kid. Now they build a nest I the wreath on my front door.

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