This winter hasn’t been at all bad, weather- and snow-wise. Nevertheless, I notice myself yearning for warmer temperatures and especially AN END TO THE BLASTED SNOW:
The view above is from yesterday. It started snowing in the morning and continued through afternoon. Bleah. Ohwell; I dare say it’ll end soon enough. In fact, don’t you say in English that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb?
This February had loads of paperwork, as usual. Fortunately for me, Valentine’s Day came right after I finished my taxes. Time for yummy loot!
We usually buy Valentine’s Day candy only after it has gone on sale, so, perfect timing.
What differs from previous years is that I got my tax stuff figured out by mid-month. I’m very pleased by the achievement and have made copious notes to make the process as fast in the future. (I hope!)
Weatherwise, this February was oddly low-snow. We did get a number snowfalls, but they were relatively few and far between. In the very beginning of the month, we had a load of light, fluffy snow, with sun and high winds the following day. The powdery snow fell off the trees in huge, gorgeous, transparent curtains, almost like mist.
My photo doesn’t do it justice at all; it was magnificent!
Towards the mid-month, we had another layer. Afterwards, in the wee hours of the morning, the neighborhood turkeys apparently had places to be:
So many different paths all over! There’s also at least one set of fox tracks there. And speaking of foxes, one Saturday, a bright and glorious morning, one came round to check around the bird feeder in our neighbor’s back yard.
It seems that spring is early this year – and you get no complaints from me. Although I could do with less pollen this early in the year…
Sadly, the latter half of February brought two deaths in Husband’s extended family, which cast a pall on otherwise sunny days.
I hope your year is still off to a good start.
One recent morning when I was preparing to go upstairs to my workroom, I heard a rustling, scraping sound that was quite loud and really close. I lifted my head to see a young male turkey standing on our back deck rail:
He stood there for a few minutes and then re-joined the little flock down on the ground. We’ve been seeing the three of them around quite a bit this winter.
My guess is he was looking for birdseed. Our next-door neighbor has a birdfeeder that the wild turkeys often visit. He doesn’t have any on his deck, though; perhaps this young fella was just overly curious.
Last month, Husband and I carved time for a mini-getaway to visit the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
The mountain views were amazing! Here’s Crawford Notch valley seen from the summit of Mt. Willard.
And, of course, what rings in my mind is “Mountains, Gandalf!” 😀
The other day I was looking for something completely different in my Flickr albums, when I ran across this image from last year:
It still makes me smile: I just happened to look out the window at a good time to see a wild rabbit taking a sandbath in a shallow depression. The depressions were dug into our yard by a turtle, we think; we see them digging test holes some years. Other years they must be laying eggs somewhere else.
I guess the sand felt cooler to the rabbit than the grass? What an incredible coincidence nonetheless; I’ve never seen a wild bunny do that. It must’ve felt comfortable to have stretched out its back leg(s) like that. Cute attack! 🙂
I happened upon a patch of anemones in the woods last year:
This year they’re back. 🙂 I think they’re wood anemones (Anemone quinquefolia). The dash of pink is charming!
Rediscovered a stunning sunset in my photo feed:
Wow.
Next time I’ll try to focus the camera on the sky, not the branches. 🙂
As chilly as March can sometimes be here in Massachusetts, it can also be really beautiful.
I love the look of frosty, deep winter, even if my ever-so-slowly-aging body might be happier with the current thaw. 🙂
May your 2018 be rich with the things that matter and your days with the people you love.
Stay safe.
The other day I was thinking of last December. I went through some photos to remind myself of everything that happened and ran into this gem. At the very end of last year, we were treated to gorgeous, glittering woods after snowfall:
It was really hard to get the light and shadow balanced well; this is one of my better shots, I think, in that respect. The light on the icy trees is so beautiful!
