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Springtime

I grew up on a small farm in Washington. I remember riding on the tractor with my dad in the spring time getting the field ready to plant. It always amazed me when he would stop the tractor, climb down, and go pick up a small Meadowlark nest and move it out-of-the-way and then go on. I'm grateful that my dad taught me to listen and to be aware of nature. He would often stop and ask us to listen and tell him everything we could hear. Even now, one of my favorite things about spring is hearing all the different birds.

 -Dan (aka Grandpa)

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