It’s ninety degrees!! In March!! People are breaking out the shorts and lawn sprinklers. Strong winds with even stronger gusts blow night and day. The wildfires in the western part of the state have burned an area larger than the size of Rhode Island times two. It’s crazy!!! But the red finches and black eyed juncos have been joined at the feeders by redwing blackbirds, and shiny black grackles with their long slender beaks and iridescent blue heads. The brown thrasher that shows up every spring is a month early this year. And the huge robin, the Sheriff, is back in town, hopping around, keeping all in order. The rock pigeons and the doves coexist. Busy little sparrows everywhere. May you find bird sized bits of joy in your life this week! Thanks for stopping by to share YOUR awesomeness!
Featured from last week: Within a World of My Own – Tell Us About Festivals St. Paul, MN (and an AI experiment) Trial and Error Home Ec – Top Ten Tips for Controlling the Grocery Budget Craft Attic Resources – Rag Doll Swimsuit Easy Pantry Recipes – Ingredient Substitutions Rose Bakes – Twice Baked Potatoes The Hungry Mountaineer – Skin Care for Women Who Refuse to Hibernate Thrifting Wonderland – Creative Thrift Store Craft Projects Scratch Made Food – Glorious Granola
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Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!
Jennifer Wise says
I know–our March has been crazy warm, too! Thank you so much for featuring my Pantry-Friendly Ingredient Substitutions this time! 🙂
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Laura @ Our Grand Lives says
Your bird action sounds so lovely, Charlene! Spring is definitely in the air (despite your summer temps)! We’re sharing #59 and #60 this week, Thanks so much for the party! We always ove seeing what everyone has been up to!
Laura @ Our Grand Lives recently posted…simply GRAND… springtime dips we love!
Esme Slabbert says
Happy Tuesday, Charlene, and thanks for the linkup. Spring has sprung, or at least partially. We had a wonderful spring-like day yesterday and managed to get out and do a 5 km walk in the woods, but today it’s back overcast and rainy.
My entries: #63+64+65
I would love it if you would join me weekly at SSPS https://esmesalon.com/seniorsalonpitstop/
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Charlene says
It’s good to have a break for the long walks — sustains us till the next clear day! Thanks for stopping by!
CraftAtticResources says
Thanks for featuring my Rag Doll. Happy Monday. Thanks for hosting.
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Amber Woods says
Thanks so much for the feature and for hosting again this week.
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Melynda Brown says
Hello! Our springtime birds are in full force right now, we often fill our feeders twice a day. Thanks so much for featuring my Glorious Granola round-up of our granola recipes, I appreciate it. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Charlene says
I recently ended up having to fill twice a day too! The Grackles have taken over the ground feeding and tripled in number scaring the smaller birds away. I stopped the ground feeding and went back to feeders — so we get the smaller birds in bigger numbers and the grackles can’t figure out how to steal it. Who knew there would be a lesson in sharing needed for the birds!
Lynne says
Love that all the birds are returning, Charlene, they make life interesting for all of us who like to watch their antics. thanks so much for the feature for the craft projects. It’s always a pleasure to post on your site.
Lynne, Thrifting Wonderland
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Charlene says
I love reading the posts each week! It helps to be nosy and want to see what everybody is doing — great vantage point as a linky host! Glad you stop by to share!
Miz Helen says
Hi Charlene,
Hope you are having a fantastic spring and thanks so much for all the awesome parties!
Miz Helen
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Charlene says
Thanks for stopping by each week!
Debbie-Dabble says
Charlene,
For today’s party, I am linking up # 5, 6 and 7!!
Thanks so much for hosting this wonderful party!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links!! I hope you are having a great week!!
Hugs,
Deb
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Charlene says
I love the Easter trees!