Monday, April 03, 2023
A beautiful day - almost warm! I left off hat and gloves, anyway. A walk round at Ardmair brought my first twite of the year - three or perhaps four birds. I sat on a boulder for about ten minutes listening to their singing.
As I turned in to the chalet road, a border terrier came up to me wagging its tail. I ruffled its head and it licked my hand, running back into one of the chalets when its owner called - a different tune from my rant yesterday. But then, somewhere deep inside me is a girl who loved dogs, and even had a dog of her own.
Further north, a walk at Knockan Crag was good exercise but brought no ring ouzel. Two black-throated divers were on the calm water of the loch below; they often visit this loch but don't breed there. One call drifted up to me on the high trail - and this together with the twites' singing and the sunny weather made me feel that the arrival of spring is a distinct possibility!
// posted by Christine @ 10:04 AM 
