This has been a long winter here in the Northeast. My friends back in Syracuse are having one of those kind where you don’t see the grass from November ’til April, I hear. I remember at least one of those. Here we are just now seeing it again for the first time since about the end of January. We had more than 20 inches of snow on the ground which hardened and stayed forever.
But spring is coming, albeit too slowly for most of us. Two days ago on my walk on the rail trail north from Copper Hill Rd. I saw a couple red-winged blackbirds and a pair of mallard ducks. Today I saw a pair of song sparrows and as I drove away past the local dog kennel, two beautiful male bluebirds flew in front of me. Spring is definitely on its way!
