Today I wore my lovely Scottish rain boots to slog along a trail covered in snow. While they’re wonderful bright yellow boots with striped blue interiors and fit me perfectly, they’re more for a Glaswegian winter than a Rocky Mountain one, as there’s no insulation against the cold. I’ll keep them, of course, for when the trail is groomed and for mud season, known to most in the US and elsewhere as Spring.
While it’ll be another great powder day for skiers, I heard a wonderful song for the first time this year and saw the singers. The red-winged blackbirds are back so spring is in the air! Ducks are flying over every day to see if the ice has melted over their native streams. Next will come geese, then probably first week of April our Greater Sandhill Cranes.
We’ve had a ton of snow this year so water should be sufficient for the year as the snowmelt will be more than normal. Now I have to get that swallow’s nest from outside our bedroom window (I can’t reach) to discourage them from nesting there. They’ll build another when they arrive, I just don’t want to give them a furnished bird condo to start with because they’re really loud at 5:00 in the morning!
Avalanche control has been working since dawn. All the ski resorts have mortars they set off before the ski day begins, after we’ve had snow or other conditions. Even the dog is used to the loud booms, but I have to remember to warn guests! Enjoying winter but looking forward to Spring, even though it’s mud season here. Cheers, Happy Presidents’ Day! Dee
Cooking with Dee 