Spring in Scotland is full of baby animals and flowers!

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01lobstertraps
Spring in Scotland
is heralded by appearance of the lobster traps... 		11lambs
Lambs...
(in pairs) 		12cows
Cows...
(which appear from where ever they spend the winter)
27calf
Calves... 		24yellowfield
Yellow fields... 		26canola
...of canola...
05daffodilsyard
And daffodils blooming 		04daffodilstable
We put some daffodils on the table 		07laundry
Among the daffodils
our laundry dries
08annelaundry
Anne with laundry 		02eastertraffic
The daffodils appear around Easter
along with heavy (for Anstruther) traffic 		03easterchicks
Easter chicks
at the ice cream shop
06annebirdfeeder
Anne has a bird feeder
in her office window 		09pigeonbirdfeeder
Which is visited by
pigeons 		10chaffinchbirdfeeder
Chaffinches
(mostly females)
13coaltitbirdfeeder
Coal tits 		39bluetitbirdfeeder
And blue tits 		14fulmarfly
Along the sea coast
fulmars nest
15fulmarcliff
Here are nesting fulmars 		16kilt
And in the pubs
guys wear kilts! 		17molly
Molly sleeps in the sun
(Indy is behind her)
18indy
A better view of Indy 		23dyersbrae
Greenery along the stream
near Dyers Brae 		22blackbirdbath
A black bird
takes a bath in the stream
28rainbow
A rainbow
in the harbour 		19juvblackbird
And then the baby birds appear
A juvenile blackbird 		20mollyjuvy
Which Molly notices!
21dadblackbird
Dad waits on the fence 		25coaltitsunbathe
A juvenile coal tit
sun bathes in the feeder 		30babybluetit1
A baby blue tit
nearly flies into the house!
31bluetitparent
Here's Mom or Dad 		32babybluetit2
And a sibling 		34eiderwithducklings
The Eiders have ducklings
35eiderbaby
That can really paddle! 		33spaceships
David and Ian
play space ship battles 		36davidchainmail
And I make
a chainmail coif for David
37evening
Near the soltice
at 10:40pm 		38morning
And 3:30am 		29har
And as summer approaches,
the har rolls into the harbour

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