WINTER RETURNS

Winslow Homer and I would like you to know that winter has returned with a vengeance here in our neck of the woods....Early this morning I strapped on my snowshoes before the snow began to fall in earnest....well.... If I were being truthful....If I don't exercise first thing in the morning odds are it won't happen at all...I become too involved with inside projects.... so I headed down through the woods with Winslow in tow. Two miles or an hour...which ever happens first.... It was so quiet in the woods this morning the only sound to be heard was the snow settling on the fir trees...I have to admit this is a wonderful way to start one's day....Now I do realize some of you are enjoying warmer temperatures....have begun tilling your gardens...planting onion sets....and have seen the promise of spring first hand with the presence of crocus....tulips and daffodil's....All I can say is lucky you....my sea of white is going to be here for quite some time....
Skippy wandered out and raided the bird feeder.... yet again....but on a day like this I can't get angry with him....

Oh.... the snow did fall....and fall... heavy ....wet....snow

by evening a foot of freshly fallen snow covered everything in sight....

and the girls.... not happy in the least....however.... tucked in as "snug as a bug in a rug".... tomorrow the sun will shine and Sunday....we'll see the white stuff yet again.... after all ti's winter in Maine....