Winter

  The last of the Oaks discharged their leathery leaves, and the deciduous canopy was completely absent from the landscape.  Stark and exposed, their skeletal forms seemed vulnerable and fragile in contrast to the lush, green boughs of the Evergreens who seemed to stand a bit taller with great hubris and…

  Despite the bone gnawing temperatures, the Wrens, Warblers and Chickadees seem at ease, flitting here and there in the garden, darting between trees and chirping all the while.  They are tiny, compact birds whose weight barely bows the grassy stems of the spent Coneflower as they snatch tiny seeds from its head.  They are a…

I believe weather to be cyclical. In other words, I don’t believe in “Global Warming” now referred to as “Climate Change”. Have you pondered, just for a moment, the ridiculousness of the name “climate change”? Climate is always changing, and I believe it happens in cycles. For example, we’re experiencing a…

If you read my last post, you may have thought I’d forgotten to mention yet another well-loved February institution. Well, I didn’t entirely forget. I just chose not to include it – the Super Bowl. In my defense, it sometimes falls in January, its date not fixed like Valentine’s Day…

As February coasts in, cloaking itself in spring like temperatures, the holidays finally and totally behind us, my thoughts turn to Girl Scout cookies, Valentine’s Day and President’s Day.   Two of the greatest men to ever hold the office of president in this greatest country on God’s green earth were…

Perhaps it’s just me, but I haven’t seen a lot of birds around lately. In fact, our neighbors who diligently fill their bird feeders are suffering a stunning lack of birds. It has attracted more squirrels than our winged friends. Why? Partly because it’s winter and partly because natural food…

  As I peek out the window, I see flurries swirling about the wind, determined not to fall to the ground.  They seem to be in no particular hurry.  They are definitely taking the long road.  This is the part of winter I truly dislike.  The remnants of snow have become…

I love winter.  There, I said it.  I know many of you are counting the weeks, perhaps the days until the return of spring, but I am willing to wait.  Granted, this has been a very unusual, temperate winter thus far, which makes me wonder what Mother Nature has in…