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Offer good only until the ants emerge.............

Yes and No

The sky was full of geese this morning
and the fish did not bite
east to west they passed
flock upon flock

Number One

Scarcely any bare ground yet
and the ticks are out and about !!!
This one is less than 1mm
and appears to be rather plump
Not what I was expecting but not so surprising

The Recession Begins

There is indeed a dock beneath that ice

November last it was about four inches above the lake's surface

but the lake level steadily rose through the fall

right into freeze up

Forty eight hours of continuous thaw

completely changes the look of this reality

solid to liquid

with but two degrees positively positioned 

leaving sixty odd inches of snowfall melted upon the ice

And then just at sunset

there is a burst of robins winging in from the west

small flocks

first a five

then a twenty

another five

and another

landing high in the big toothed aspens they pause

silently as if keenly scouting ahead for the 

all clear

from others ahead in their path
then hurtling off across the lake

cackling their fellows on

Vernal Coronox

 The glacier that rides upon the barn roof begins its calving
as the forest trails turn to slippery mush
a new youngster learns to fetch
and the outside world shuts down

 Hunkered down and twisting a few walleye trinkets
methinks time stands still perhaps for the
city dweller who
marks the day by things other than
the sun's progress

 We will track the recession of snow and ice
emergence of moss and mud
advancing our treks farther into the lengthening evenings
soon to paddle, cast
and water retrieve