After being away for months, life is back to normal up the hill. No regrets about coming back to winter --- this place is peaceful and beautiful in the most natural way. Besides --- yesterday was Pat-Rick Day and on Tuesday it's the first day of spring!
The time change means sunrises are later but always spectacular. There's still snow flurries but the squirrels plow through it. Inside, the Queen of Hearts bakes some tarts. It takes one to make one??
Outside it's still cold. Icicles form like daggers threatening any hopes of spring. Turkeys hunt-and-peck at feed on the ground while finches cram in the feeder above.
By the end of the day, the edges of the pond show the tiniest bit of thaw. But overall, any fish in there are under a couple of feet of ice and snow --- how do they breathe? The low beams of sunset light up naked trees like actors at an audition. Earlybirds hunch against branches, protecting their pecker. The view is serene --- any chance it will all melt by the Spring equinox on Tuesday??
The time change means sunrises are later but always spectacular. There's still snow flurries but the squirrels plow through it. Inside, the Queen of Hearts bakes some tarts. It takes one to make one??
Outside it's still cold. Icicles form like daggers threatening any hopes of spring. Turkeys hunt-and-peck at feed on the ground while finches cram in the feeder above.
By the end of the day, the edges of the pond show the tiniest bit of thaw. But overall, any fish in there are under a couple of feet of ice and snow --- how do they breathe? The low beams of sunset light up naked trees like actors at an audition. Earlybirds hunch against branches, protecting their pecker. The view is serene --- any chance it will all melt by the Spring equinox on Tuesday??
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