As students depart for two weeks, migrating birds arrive after thousands of miles of flight each day to find the insects waking from many months of slumber deep within logs and soil. Chipmunks are all about and the birds of prey such as the hawks and Great Horned Owls are are searching out food for their new young.
I love the spring changes. Students in several grades are tracking them within designated areas of campus. The campus will literally feel like a different place in two weeks when everyone returns and we look forward to witnessing the changes in such a vibrant expression of life.
Come on out and take a walk through the Fen during this vacation. Catch aquatic insects with your kids in the creeks or do a morning birdwalk on a day off. The Skunk Cabbage is blooming and soon May Apple, Trillium, Bloodroot along with a host of other gorgeous wildflowers that are just now poking out will cover the soil and fill your soul with beauty and goodness.
Enjoy!