March 27, 2013

on other side of March

March is maple syrup month and that pretty well sums up the month.  Cold nights, warm days are the magic combo that make syrup.  March does this so well ~ wicked cold nights and strong sunny days with some snow or rain thrown in.
Getting up and out with Shunka and Indigo first thing in the morning is wonderful  We walk across the still crusted snow all over the fields with the sun making LONG shadows.  Their noses are working over time sniffing the night critters smell.  I can't see any tracks as the snow is too hard.  By afternoon their will be less snow and it will be too soft to walk comfortably.  Loving the freedom to walk in the mornings. Geese are honking their way back.
We are hoping that major snows are done and ground will totally reappear soonish, driveway will unmud and temperatures will be consistently warm.  AND all of this will happen when it is time.  Natural goes at her speed, not mine.  All good things in time as they say.
ps.  Ducks have arrived in the pond...another sign of March ending....