Spring
officially arrived this week with a fireball sunrise due east. This is the time
of year for unusual cloud formations like this ribbed “mackerel sky”. Optical
illusions are caused by the shifting light, too --- like this phantom island
with a plume of smoke. But winter doesn’t just disappear on March 21: the ice
floes and pans still ride the waves like long white roller coasters.
Lots of
evidence of critters waking up to spring. This nest had been put together and
lived in til we got back, then deserted like a bad tenant skipping out on the
rent. Too bad --- looks cozy!
The Ice Man tried to hack through the 8” thick pond ice to give the
oxygen-deprived fish a breather. As usual, not all of them made it through the
dark and cold. Would you?
Rambunctious
geese honk in salute to spring and love the open water. But out on the harbour, hardcore
fishers are having none-of-it (Nunavut?!). The huts are still out there and
their rods must be cold.
They have
been warned that the ice breaker will be plowing through the bay this morning!
What’s that old saying --- “red sky in
the morning, idiots take warning”? Match Madness! How many will take their first
polar bear dip?
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