Signs of spring

(1969 March 17, St. Patrick's Day)
Do you actually hear mocking birds?  I saw a butterfly, and wondered how he could be so misled.  On this walk [our neighbor] Hubert was shoveling his walk.  He said, "At last getting down to the sidewalk."  Getting off big cakes of ice.  I still can't get my back door open - an icy snow drift has been there all winter.