The Return

Now it is truly the return of spring - it was over 60 degrees for the second day in a row, I took the plastic off the windows, and upon returning from my evening beach walk I was greeted with the music of spring peepers! These frogs are about the size of a quarter and their voices are among my favorite sounds in the world. They will sing to me every night until summer arrives, when the bullfrogs take over. The peepers are one of the things I look forward to the most during the long winter. Like Van Morrison sings 'just gotta make it through January, just gotta make it thru February...' And if you're in Maine, you add March to that litany, and here we are!