# Spring in Pennsylvania (USA) **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [30 April 2022 02:18 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585 "2022-04-30T02:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 02:18 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/1 "2022-04-30T02:18:25Z")
So, they’re not as good as Mick’s photos or scenery, but I finally got a camera and am having a ball! I was able to take all of these while just sitting on my back porch. ![100_0032](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/1/1e1f818e58fea2fa4d81a1b6d50d64eb4bf5e8b6.jpeg) (American robin; not nearly as pretty as the English ones!) ![100_0023](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/c/cef77db589d71eb5b55610c4b22c23bc87e3d2f0.jpeg) (Mourning dove in a maple tree. I tried getting a better pic, but the dog decided he had to try chasing the bird that was sitting 10 meters off the ground.) ![100_0014](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/f/f2c68c1d35ba33cd9766f94d157272e5a6d33d3c.jpeg) (Some kind of hawthorn tree right off my porch. It’s taller than the house and smells so good! Those are wild grapevines woven in amongst the branches.) ![100_0015](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/9/9d6f7efccfb12d6aaa3b82dd8d728ab5e900cef2.jpeg) (And this is just my backyard. If it ever stops raining long enough, I want to mow some paths down through the woods so I can use my motorized wheelchair there.) ---
**Author:** ![skippysprite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/skippysprite/32/912_2.png) [@skippysprite](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/skippysprite)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 13:13 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/2 "2022-04-30T13:13:58Z")
Hi Norasmum Lovely photos and I agree it would be wonderful to get out and about there in your wheelchair. If we weren’t so far away I would come with you lol Pam x ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 13:54 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/3 "2022-04-30T13:54:01Z")
Wotcha, I am glad that you are pleased with your camera and getting lovely pictures. Your pictures and scenery are great. Thanks for sharing your obvious joy. I love the look of the hawthorn and will just imagine the scent. I have had some repairs to my off road scooter and hope to get into the bluebell woods later. If all works out and I have any pics I will share later. Your Robin is certainly larger than ours. My neighbour has a Starling nest in their roof space and the noise from the chicks when the parents return with food is astonishing. Cheers Mick ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 14:00 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/4 "2022-04-30T14:00:34Z")
I’m considering getting a camera now and Mick if you do get some pictures of the bluebell’s i will be saving one as my phone wallpaper (hope you won’t mind). Sam x ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 14:14 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/5 "2022-04-30T14:14:34Z")
No problem, lets hope I find some and get a half decent snap! shame I can not post video as then you would also hear the birdsong; I’d also like to share the scent of the bluebells. Mick ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2022 14:53 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/6 "2022-04-30T14:53:39Z")
I’m ever so slightly jealous. It all sounds so lovely. I really like bluebell’s but have never see them in real life so have never smelt them. Good luck with the photos. Sam x ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 12:07 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/7 "2022-05-01T12:07:44Z")
Hi Sam sorry to hear that you don’t get to see these beauties. The smell is gorgeous and I only get the odd waft as I move about. I got some snaps, but each time I turned the video on the woodpecker and cuckoo both shut up… oh well Always happy to share my good luck. ![P1250445e1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/a/ac2df1dd47187060357a008eced32a91538b6da6.jpeg) ![P1250470e1](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/0/0f58c3bd12368450439a6d2eefef8a82ae98aec2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 12:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/8 "2022-05-01T12:45:10Z")
Oh, Mick! That is beautiful. We have nothing like that here. Would the first photo be of the rarely-seen blue & silver British cuckoo? ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 12:51 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/9 "2022-05-01T12:51:57Z")
Mick thank you so much, what a beautiful place to be able to visit. Norasmum that made me giggle 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 13:22 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/10 "2022-05-01T13:22:28Z")
Hmmmm, I loathe having my photo taken. I am less of a cuckoo and more of a grumpy old muppet but I do adore bluebells and I had handed the camera to my wife… big mistake 🤨 Mick ---
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 15:16 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/11 "2022-05-01T15:16:01Z")
![Screenshot 2022-05-01 at 11-22-18 grumpy muppet - Google Search](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/f/f39dfc8e24a2cd572b1d942561cf59f8f03db468.png) I can definitely see the resemblance. ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 15:41 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/12 "2022-05-01T15:41:37Z")
Hahaha Norasmom you are so naughty Hahaha. Mick she doesn’t mean it ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 16:20 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/13 "2022-05-01T16:20:27Z")
I think she is spot on. In my head I am a bit more ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/6/6be2c545c596e5e5a2d99e7083b42759fe952dc1.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 16:21 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/14 "2022-05-01T16:21:18Z")
very close 😆 ---
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 16:53 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/15 "2022-05-01T16:53:40Z")
Well, with your penchant for drunken pole dancing… ---
**Author:** ![Mogace](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/mogace/32/437_2.png) [@Mogace](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Mogace)\ **Post date:** [1 May 2022 17:01 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/16 "2022-05-01T17:01:15Z")
In my head I can do loads of crazy stuff ---
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2022 00:10 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/17 "2022-05-02T00:10:14Z")
Oh, I know! Every day I go for long hikes in the woods, have fluent conversations in German, and sell my needlework at art fairs. And then I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2022 06:26 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/18 "2022-05-02T06:26:16Z")
Where did you get that picture of me? The best muppet and sums me up perfectly. Feel your inner Animal today and have a lovely day both. Sam x ---
**Author:** ![NorasMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NorasMom](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/NorasMom)\ **Post date:** [3 May 2022 02:06 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/19 "2022-05-03T02:06:11Z")
![100_0093](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/original/2X/2/27f88f3389218c0c26fddc4bf1976633898aa52e.jpeg) I finally got a decent photo of a hummingbird! We had at least 5 flitting around this afternoon. It’s unusual for them to perch on the feeder; usually they continue flapping their wings and just pause long enough to drink for a couple seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Purplebubbles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/848f3c/32.png) [@Purplebubbles](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Purplebubbles)\ **Post date:** [3 May 2022 04:51 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585/20 "2022-05-03T04:51:31Z")
Wow you get hummingbirds in your garden that’s amazing. Thanks for the photo, I’m definitely getting a camera now. Although I don’t think the wildlife round here is quite as exciting. [Next page](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/spring-in-pennsylvania-usa/67585.md?page=2)