Thursday, April 10, 2014

Snow stick Winner and a Robin

April 8 was a very warm day with a breeze that melted snow to beat the band.
Snowstick noon April 8
I kept checking throughout the day.
Snowstick evening April 8
By evening Chance declared it snow free!
The winner is Terri @Backward B Ranch who guessed April 7th.  Congratulations Terri!
Recently I finished a few more carvings.
Three carvings finished
I painted them just the other day.
Carving for the winner
This is the one I chose to send to Terri. It will be in the mail soon.
Now for the rest of you.  We will leave the snow stick in place and if it gets more than three inches of snow we will restart the contest with the same guesses.  Your guess can be found here.  It is Minnesnowda after all, spring can disappear any moment in a snowstorm.
A Robin appeared in our yard on April 9th in the evening.
My First Robin April 9
It was way high up in a tree.  Eventually after calling and calling it took off toward the lake.  We usually have a pair that nest here, perhaps one of them is late arriving.  I am certain that “She who sees robins first” has already had robins in her yard.  I will graciously let her win this year because she had surgery on her arm yesterday.  My other baby brother is taking good care of her. 
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22 comments:

DJan said...

Finally! Robins and a clean snow stick. I knew it would be coming to your parts sooner or later. Congratulations to Terri! :-)

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

Thanks Connie- I'm so excited to win! I love the carving- gorgeous!

Nancy said...

Congratulations, Terri

Love to see the first robin photo AND a bare snow stick!

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

Congratulations to Terri! What a cute carving! It is such a pleasure to see the first robin. I saw mine last week.

Karen said...

Oh I'm glad for your sake that I lost:) Congrats to Terri. I sincerely hope you don't have to restart the contest. I think Robins are here most of the time. What great whimsical little carvings!

thecrazysheeplady said...

LOVE your houses :-). Glad you have a good break from the snow and hoping it stays that way for you!

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Terri. She is a sweet lady.
I love your woodworking, Connie. Thanks for the fun with the snow stick!

Travels with Emma said...

I'm just relieved that the snow is melting. ;)

Cynthia said...

Hooray for Terri, and hooray for the brave robin, and hooray for the snow being GONE!

L. D. said...

Your carvings are great. I hope the rest of that snow goes pretty soon. I don't remember when I guessed but I can't believe how slow it is for spring to get here. We have had two very warm days but I see in the future we are going to go back into a night time freeze next week.

Pauline Persing said...

Much better than last year's snowfree date.

Ryker said...

Congratulations Terri!

troutbirder said...

I do believe we can say that spring have finally arrived now that Far Side has declared a snow stick winner.... Yay!!!!

Gail said...

Your work is beautiful.

Congratulations to Terri.

Leah said...

Uh I was just a very few days too late - congrats Terry! That little house is sooooo cute! We are enjoying our spring like weather to the west of you Far Side :)

Linda said...

Congrats Terri and I'm happy for you Far People too.......after a winter like this you deserve some bare ground ;)

Jacqi Stevens said...

With a winter like the one we've just been through, I'd have never guessed the snow stick would be liberated this early! Glad for your sake that milder weather is headed your way :)

Red said...

Rats! I wanted to win the snow stick contest! Oh well, next year maybe.

Primitive Stars said...

Wow!!!! I was way off this year, congrats to the winner. Nice to see the snow go, Blessings Francine.

Rita said...

Congrats to Terri! Yes, we could certainly have snow again, but we can hope not after this long winter. ;)
Those little houses are so darn cute!

Shirley said...

Congrats! Glad your snow is finally gone!

Linda Reeder said...

Congratulations to the winner. I will gladly forego any chance to win if it means your snow season is really over!