Today is the tenth of April. This is usually a day when temperatures are friendly but up "Nawth" here we have experienced a prolonging gesture from Winter over the last few weeks.
We had snow (two inches) yesterday. It all melted off but we got hail this morning that amounted to another inch. It was gone by noon but the temperature was still in the low thirties.
I went for a walk on my land. I was out for about two hours wandering through the woods and out in the field with the horses. My horse field is a savannah with fruit trees and shrubs abounding so there is a lot of cover. I kicked up two rabbits and a coyote. I wasn't quick enough to shoot the coyote so my dinner is restricted to venison I froze last year.
While I was out it did manage to warm to about 40 degrees. It's still rising and by tomorrow it will be Spring. I bid a fond farewell to touching a gate to open it and having my hands sting with the cold transmitted by the steel in the gate. I say goodbye to the feel of the snowflakes kissing my cheeks and clearing my nostrils for better scent.
I look forward now to peepers, leaves on the trees and fish chomping on hooks. I can take off my coat and carry a kit bag instead. And the woods will be a cacophony of flowers and mushrooms. While perusing the floor of the woods, I may happen upon a deer or a shed (dropped deer antlers). The "coons" and the "possum" will be out in broad daylight and all I will do is say hello. If I run into a bear he will most likely show me his butt. If he doesn't, I have a .45ACP that will ruin his day and provide me with enough meat for a really big barbeque.
Life is good in the woods but you have to be aware of what is around you. Soon the snakes will come out. Most of them are harmless. We have only four that are venomous and I know how to get around them unless they are really big, in which case they are also very tasty.
I guess I've been rambling on long enough. Y'all take care.
We had snow (two inches) yesterday. It all melted off but we got hail this morning that amounted to another inch. It was gone by noon but the temperature was still in the low thirties.
I went for a walk on my land. I was out for about two hours wandering through the woods and out in the field with the horses. My horse field is a savannah with fruit trees and shrubs abounding so there is a lot of cover. I kicked up two rabbits and a coyote. I wasn't quick enough to shoot the coyote so my dinner is restricted to venison I froze last year.
While I was out it did manage to warm to about 40 degrees. It's still rising and by tomorrow it will be Spring. I bid a fond farewell to touching a gate to open it and having my hands sting with the cold transmitted by the steel in the gate. I say goodbye to the feel of the snowflakes kissing my cheeks and clearing my nostrils for better scent.
I look forward now to peepers, leaves on the trees and fish chomping on hooks. I can take off my coat and carry a kit bag instead. And the woods will be a cacophony of flowers and mushrooms. While perusing the floor of the woods, I may happen upon a deer or a shed (dropped deer antlers). The "coons" and the "possum" will be out in broad daylight and all I will do is say hello. If I run into a bear he will most likely show me his butt. If he doesn't, I have a .45ACP that will ruin his day and provide me with enough meat for a really big barbeque.
Life is good in the woods but you have to be aware of what is around you. Soon the snakes will come out. Most of them are harmless. We have only four that are venomous and I know how to get around them unless they are really big, in which case they are also very tasty.
I guess I've been rambling on long enough. Y'all take care.