Monthly Archives: March 2014

Spring

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Sloppy, slippery, ice in branches, abating frozen rain, melting now, brightening sky, birds hiding quietly, complex network of rodent tunnels exposed to the surface, grumpy games ensue in the paddock, where is spring anyway?

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Neighboring Herd

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Mild, melting, muddy, mushy, marvelous signs of spring appear as icy snow gives way to water and saturated soil slimes shoes and hoof, flowing downhill to where the visitation from a neighboring herd provides curiosity about what might be in their pockets?

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Peepers Anyone?

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Winter’s grip relaxes providing a warmer, barely windy, almost sunny morning, chickens actually venturing outside finally, juncos departing, cardinals resuming the wonderful song of Spring interrupted by coarse blue jay screeching, listening hard for the sound of peepers – anyone heard them yet?

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Still Quite Cold

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Though the sun is high its warmth is negligible, soft breezes bring bitter cold from the North and the stubborn snowpack remains, Isaboo proves quite a magician – an expert escape artist, undoing the bungie cord and the stall’s latch to let herself out and stand a few feet nearer to Lancer – we have fastened it now so this will be impossible but her intelligence and determination brings smiles to our faces as we await warmer days and the return of the ground.

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Morning of Many Juncos

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Scant sun melting light frost from the morning, eating grain in the barn and hay outside for breakfast, icy buckets and juncos everywhere, wicked shedding going on despite the still cold temps, chickens feeling cooped up but reluctant to go out into the frigid pen, Isa aims a few at Rev and pins her ears back throwing her head around in warning – otherwise she is quite sweet and learning to come to a whistle for food, Lancer is learning to ask nicely for his peppermints, both awaiting warmer days and the return of grass.

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Half Moon Morning

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Lovely half moon hung in a bright blue sky, cold morning temps riding in on brisk winds, water frozen in buckets broken out and replaced with fresh, Lancer reluctantly sharing with Rev while Isaboo looks on from the hay pile, Spring hiding away with the absent birds unseen and unheard.

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Honkers Returning

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Honkers returning to our gray skies, the cold continuing with stiff little breezes, hardened ground covered in ice and mulishly solid snow, a curious visitor ventures across the frozen tundra to meet and greet velvety muzzles and deliver hay for breakfast as winter seems to still have a hold.

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In a Cold Cloud

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Looking beyond the dismal for signs of spring, slippery turning to sloppy, ice formed around branches beginning to break and fall, the cold cloud obstinate up here on the hill, Lancer languishing with his hay while Isa rolls and Rev runs, persistent frozen fading to forced softening as the Lamb approacheth.

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In the Middle

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Frost overnight – glittering – then melting away in the warming sun, Isaboo settling in and getting to know Lancer and mostly putting up with Rev in the middle sometimes, eating better and fitting into her new circumstance, crunchy paddock full of ice, sky full of bright blue with clouds moving in, Winter’s last day remaining as a stubborn lion.

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Winter Remains

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Companionable munching in chilled, icy temps, light wind swaying treetops, juncos searching the few brown open spots of ground in little lifting flocks of gray, robins decorate the crab apple and in turn are chased off by greedy screeching blue jays, even Lancer is mostly held up by the crust of hardened snow turning into an airy concrete-like substance as it refuses to melt away.

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