Thankful Thursday - Bears and Amaryllis Flowers

This has been one of the tougher winters that we've had in a while. It's beginning to feel as if the snow may never melt, and sunshine is a long way off.

But, I saw one great sign today - bear tracks! This is around the time of year that a few eager bears emerge from their dens every year but the trail cams that usually capture their footage are virtually impossible to access now due to deep and sloppy snow. Thus, I have to rely on tracks on a dirt road to know that some bears are waking up.

The handwarmer (yes, still needed!) is for scale. It's 3.25" on its long side. Bears often overlay one track on another, and I believe that I see signs of that here.

One source of smiles over the past couple of weeks has been my amazing amaryllis plants. They have bloomed endlessly!

Every time I arrived home, it seemed as if yet another flower had opened.

I decided to try to make a time lapse movie of an amaryllis flower opening. It turned out to be much harder than I expected. I tried on four different flowers, and even my last try involved mistakes.

Despite that, I decided to share the video here. It's quite short (3 days compressed into 30 sec), and I hope that it makes you smile.

Many thanks to Brian for hosting the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.