Wacky weather week. Just four days ago the cold and snow had us all locked in, like a ferry in a white jail. Still shoveling at the bottom of the hill. Pond bird going nowhere, like iron feet in white quicksand. Still shoveling uphill too.
The air is crisp and cold, bringing out stargazing at night and moon shots at dawn. The weekly therapy drive leads to Chinese takeout. Sunrises are awesome and moving quickly northward.
Local animal life is stirring --- that is a tipoff that the season is changing. Deer wander closer, squirrels are taking names, and chipmunks are straddling the snowline.
Then BAM! Within two days of record heat, about 95% of the snow cover disappeared! Thaw, melt, evaporation. An amazing transformation happened while-you-watch.
The south wind brought whitecaps on the bay. The warm melt created whitecaps on the driveway!
Voila, proof of life after winter. The coast guard icebreaker patrolled with no ice to break! The first freighter to port wins the ceremonial top hat. Voles or moles had created twisty highways under the snow. And the biggest OMG --- the Car Guy could drive up the hill (in March) with heavy cargo. Earliest drive up ever!
So its not quite spring yet, even though the clocks sprung ahead this morning. But another good omen, up in the bare branches ---- the first robin.! Yay! Yay!
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