The first full week home was welcomed by a gorgeous full moon. The cold winter had caused one plumbing problem, but a lightbulb went on in my head! Outside the bay still showed waves of frazzle ice and the shore got pounded with east-wind surf.
Mother nature faked us out with some spring-like sunny days. Gangs of turkeys strutted their stuff, with red-puffed males fanning out among the girls, like highschoolers looking for a prom date. Male cardinals also arrived, whistling for that same annual spring dance. Snowdrops emerged, droopy at first from a long winter's nap. And the annual how-to-deter-the-turkeys-from-the-birdseed frustration starts again.
March 17 was Pat-Rick Day (no "Saint" here) and a lucky shamrock appeared in the frost. A good omen for a warm day, so the first laundry got hung. Note the wearing o' the green... And the car got soaped-up, not souped-up.
Then winter returned with a vengeance and 3" of new snow. Very pretty and dramatic scenery, but even the squirrels were confused! Turkeys tried to come in the windows, and that same cardinal said OMG. The newly-washed red car got a coat of white. And the guy with the gloves pushed the shovel up and down the hill like stripping white wallpaper off concrete.
Can you explain this optical illusion of the moon last night (it is not a multiple exposure)? Another try at turkey-proofing the bird feeder seems to be working so far. And the last sunrise of winter boldly came up exactly east-west before tomorrow's equinox --- see you later, alligator...
And farewell to one of my all-time music icons, Chuck Berry...
Mother nature faked us out with some spring-like sunny days. Gangs of turkeys strutted their stuff, with red-puffed males fanning out among the girls, like highschoolers looking for a prom date. Male cardinals also arrived, whistling for that same annual spring dance. Snowdrops emerged, droopy at first from a long winter's nap. And the annual how-to-deter-the-turkeys-from-the-birdseed frustration starts again.
March 17 was Pat-Rick Day (no "Saint" here) and a lucky shamrock appeared in the frost. A good omen for a warm day, so the first laundry got hung. Note the wearing o' the green... And the car got soaped-up, not souped-up.
Then winter returned with a vengeance and 3" of new snow. Very pretty and dramatic scenery, but even the squirrels were confused! Turkeys tried to come in the windows, and that same cardinal said OMG. The newly-washed red car got a coat of white. And the guy with the gloves pushed the shovel up and down the hill like stripping white wallpaper off concrete.
Can you explain this optical illusion of the moon last night (it is not a multiple exposure)? Another try at turkey-proofing the bird feeder seems to be working so far. And the last sunrise of winter boldly came up exactly east-west before tomorrow's equinox --- see you later, alligator...
And farewell to one of my all-time music icons, Chuck Berry...
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