The squirrel made tracks in the snow when I chased him off my bird feeder, but so far old man winter hasn’t made tracks yet. The squirrel keeps returning and so does winter.
Make Tracks
Picture of the Day for March 25, 2013
Ode to Snow
You arrived sparkly bright
On a chilly winter day
Covering the ground all white
Showing you were here to stay.
First it was pretty and nice
But the piles grew and grew.
Time now for needed reprieve;
Weary of slippery ice
And the snow that blew and blew.
It is time for you to leave!
SAE 3/25/13
Picture of the Day for March 24, 2013
The new calves arriving the past few months are probably wishing for spring to arrive too as green grass and warm sunshine are more inviting than snow drift and cold winds.
Spring Calf
Picture of the Day for March 23, 2013
To close out this week’s summer clouds theme, haying during the summer time quickly comes to mind. Haying methods have changed over the years but I know it is much easier to look at the hay in the fields than to be stacking hay bales on a wagon!
Summer Bales
Picture of the Day for March 22, 2013
Some summer skies aren’t filled with white, puffy clouds but are bursting with fiery red instead. Maybe a blazing sky can melt the snow and allow spring to appear.
Blazing Sky
Picture of the Day for March 21, 2013
It felt more like the first day of winter instead of the first full day of spring when the temperature was below zero overnight so the thought of a warm summer day is still on my mind.
Needing Summer
Picture of the Day for March 20, 2013
Spring did not arrive today and I nearly got myself stuck in a snow drift trying to get out to the field to take this picture as the snow was up to my waist.
Installing Spring
Picture of the Day for March 19, 2013
Some summer days don’t have the puffy cumulus clouds to image critters in the clouds, but instead look more like kitty litter scattered on the floor or frost on a window.
Whether cumulus or cirrus clouds, I just to see some green instead of white snow.
Summer Wispy Clouds
Picture of the Day for March 18, 2013
Last week’s theme of spring wildflower didn’t help the winter to end, not when I’m looking out the window at falling and blowing snow. So instead of thinking spring, maybe I have to think of a warmer season like summer; a warm summer afternoon in the hammock instead of shoveling snow.
Lazy Summer Day
Picture of the Day for March 17, 2013
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, the saint’s religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years even though Saint Patrick was not Irish.
Originally, the color associated with Saint Patrick was blue, the color of the Order of St. Patrick. Over the years the color green and shamrocks in association with Saint Patrick’s Day grew. Legend has it that St. Patrick would use the shamrock to explain the Trinity – Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He would tie shamrocks to his robes, which is why the color green is worn.
Today, everyone is Irish and Irish tradition has it that if you do not wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, you get pinched !!
To honor Saint Patrick, today’s picture has the color blue for the Order of St. Patrick, green fields with white clover (included in the shamrock family), and you might even find some clouds that might look like a clover.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
