Tuesday Morning Walk

Gus is intently watching 2 muskrats swimming along the opposite shore. Guess he is weighing his options after his run-in with the one in the yard. His cut is healing nicely but I am glad we had the dissolving stitches since it is still pretty tender.

The skunk cabbage is getting bigger and so far has not been affected by the overnight frosts. This morning it was only 27 when we left for our walk. I read interesting article on e-nature that told about how much heat the skunk cabbage generates as it pushes up through the ground which is why it can appear so frost resistant.


The frost clung to every blade of grass and dried weed in the open fields. It looked like everything had been painted with lace. The sun was just coming up so it was very sparkly. When I headed back to the car about an hour later there was a low lying ground fog shrouding everything and it all looked entirely different.

The Conservancy is an interesting place to walk because there is such a clash of sounds there. As Gus and I left the river banks the Canadian Geese, Ducks, and Cranes were just leaving the open fields and flying up the river. The honking, quacking, and whooping was deafening drowning out the sounds of civilization just a short distance away. As I walked along the trail you could hear the school buses in the distance along with a train whistle. The cars over on Sharon Valley Road rumbling over the bridge at times sounded like they were coming up behind us. Not too far away a tractor headed to the field with hay for the cows who bellowed a welcome to the farmer. Back on the trail the deer were running from Gus who gave half-hearted chase and the birds were serenading us with a joyous greeting to Spring.

And speaking of serenading Ayla did a wonderful job at her first violin concert. The Dexter orchestra program is quite impressive. We all enjoyed the evening very much. Ayla told us she was very nervous but it didn't show. She seems to really enjoy the violin and her Grandpa Mahony told me it came from his side of the family. He has a cousin who is/was a concert violinist.

Have a wonderful day and get outside and enjoy the warmer weather.