Hi Vee and Folks Love those kind of serenades myself. Haven't heard any crickets yet, and so far haven't identified the one bird I hear almost daily, but love the gulls' songs as they glide overhead. Now who of our generation would trade this for a rock - rap - etc concert. Evelyn in beautiful Maine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vee L. Housman" <housman@adelphia.net> To: <NYNIAGAR-FOLKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:03 AM Subject: [FOLKS] I was serenaded today > Dear Folks, > > It was a beautiful warm spring day and when I checked my outside thermometer > and found that the temperature was pushing up into the upper 70s, I couldn't > wait to throw open my two windows to let in the warm spring breeze with its > fresh air. > > As I sat in my living room enjoying my murder mystery book I could hear > birds singing to me. The most wonderful one was the serenade that the robin > sang. Robins are such harbingers of spring. Then there was the red wing > black bird who always sounds like a squeaky screen door. Added to that was > a bird I couldn't identify who just sat up on a tree limb and lazily chirped > at me. Chirp (pause, take a breath), chirp (pause, take a breath) and then > another chirp. Even though I felt that he was a bit lazy, it didn't mean > that I didn't enjoy his chirping. I was hearing the sounds of spring. > > I kept the windows open well into the evening. One of them was in my > laundry room and as I was taking care of the wash tonight, I was serenaded > by a whole bunch of crickets singing loudly at the top of their lungs. > > Oh how I enjoyed the sounds of spring today. > vee > >