Today, while I was out patrolling for flooding areas, I saw many signs of spring through the blinding white light reflecting off of the snow.

I was driving, and a lot of the sights were wild animals, so I didn't stop to take photos of them, but I saw a beautiful cinnamon bear, hundreds of Canada Geese eating along the edges of some fields that were starting to melt, and some bald eagles along the river.

I also saw one of the strangest sights I've seen in a long time. It was a flock of wild turkeys, which are pretty rare out here, with three white, domestic turkeys mixed in with them. I guess they are all turkeys, but it just looked weird. I suppose they could have been albinos, but what are the odds of three out of twelve birds being albino? Either way, I took it as a good omen and blessed the birds with my smile.

The non-wild animal springy things I saw were frozen culverts, water rushing everywhere and this:

(I didn't bother to name it, but it would have probably been Kelly.)

This has really perked me up, and after I cut down a plum and apricot tree tomorrow we're going to take the boys for a walk somewhere that the snow has receded away from the water. Hopefully the river or Dinosaur Lake, but I'll take just about anything right now.

I'd even go for stroll along a melting ditch.

(Hopefully this isn't what it comes to, but I gotta get my walk on, well more like they do.)

Anyhow, I hope everyone else is optimistic as well. It should be glorious when it gets here.