I realized this morning that spring is finally making its appearance – and why not it’s almost April! Aside from the snow melting, which is the first of the don’t miss indicators, I realized this morning when I was lying in bed listening to the birds that I was actually able to hear them because the bedroom window stayed open for the whole night. It’s so nice to be able to sleep without breathing nothing more than stale, dry, heated, recycled air. Even though I have quite a few new chores added to the list with the changing of the season, I really don’t mind because one of the first will be to go into the garage and haul out my Aqua Colored Ceramic Bird bath.

Of all the ceramic bird baths I’ve seen I still think this one is my favorite. The pale aqua coloring doesn’t really add what you would call a splash of color my garden, frankly when I set a ceramic bird bath near the annual flower bed, a splash of color just isn’t necessary. What it does though is add a new tone to the backdrop and sets off the colors in my garden, which I think is a much better backyard idea. And of course the best garden gift is the birds that open water always seems to attract. Last spring I actually had orioles drinking from my birdbath and that was a terrific Mother’s Day gift from Mother Nature to me – aided and abetted by my family who gave me this garden gift last year.