SPRING KEEPS POPPING!

YES, IT IS COMING, SPRING THAT IS. HEARD THE FIRST ROBIN SINGING AT THE CRACK OF DAWN, THURSDAY. BUT NEVER GOT TO SEE IT. THE LAST BIG, AND I MEAN BIG, CHUNK OF ICE SLID OFF THE ROOF YESTERDAY WITH A MONSTER SOUND. A MINK RAN DOWN THE EDGE OF THE RIVER, GOING IN AND OUT OF THE WATER, AND I DID GET A VIDEO OF IT. NOW FOR THE BEST, CHIPPY CAME UP ON THE PORCH THIS MORNING AND GREETED ME FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. HE CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT, ALL AROUND THE CABIN, AND DIDN'T SEEM IN ANY RUSH TO STOCK UP ON ANY OF THE FEED THAT WAS ON THE GROUND. HE DID SAMPLE A LITTLE, BUT NO FULL CHEEKS.