Monday January 7 2008

I KNOW better, but the smell of spring was certainly in the air as we “did chores” this morning.

According to the truck thermometer, one place in the pasture reported a temperature of 66 degrees! The brisk breeze, actually maybe more a wimpy wind, was carrying the smells of the thawing earth to my nostrils.

The geese were flying in big circles, perhaps confused about which way direction to be going.

There were the occasional splatters of rain teasing the winter-dried skin of my forehead with their touch as I walked between the gates, trying to avoid as much of the muck and mud as possible.

Not a bad start to a Monday.

J

Friday morning

The cattle all looked fine this morning, prefering the shelter of a wooded area, where we have their hay rings set, to being in the more open pasture areas. The trees block the wind some, a wind which is blowing just enough this morning to let you know it still has an icy edge to it.

Although the temperature is 20 degrees warmer than it was 2 mornings ago, the orange and pink glow of the rising sun seemed more reminiscent of orange and raspberry sherbert than of anything warm.

I find myself with a subtle, or not so subtle, longing for spring.

Hope your day is great!