Spring is Near!

This is how I know spring is near - the baby chicks have arrived at Orscheln Farm & Home Store in North Platte.

You, too, can become a chicken expert by attending their Chick Clinic from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, March 6.

The one thing I want everyone to promise me is that you will NOT buy one or two of these chicks for little children for pets. These little babies are very fragile and are not toys.

However, I am sure if you would like to show these adorable babies to your children, the Orscheln people wouldn't mind if you brought them in to see the chicks.

First the baby chicks. Second will be the Sandhill Cranes to migrate across our area. I do believe there is a hint of spring finally coming to Nebraska.

Spring Flowers

Photos by Belinda Dannatt, Australia, taken at Canberra's Floriade event

One of the fun things about being on Facebook is finding people from all over the world.

I have found a few Dannatts living in Australia and have put them on my Facebook "friends" list so one of these days I can start doing some research to see if they are related.

Whenever one of the Australian Dannatts posts something to Facebook, it shows up on my home page. Most of the time it is their side of chatter with their friends, whose posts I can't see.

However, Saturday afternoon Belinda Dannatt (don't know if we're related or not) posted 70-some photos of a spring flower show in Canberra. The photos are absolutely breath-taking. I sent Belinda an e-mail and asked if she would forward a few of the photos to me to place on this blog.

I'm sharing these with you so you might turn your gaze from the snow drifts outside your window to the bright colors of spring in Australia.

If you want to learn more about their monthlong event, go to http://floriadeaustralia.com/

Enjoy!