"Old Man Winter....

April 10, 2026

This is starting to wear a little thin. Are you done yet?"

"No. Suck it up, Buttercup."

This morning.... from bare ground, back to white...for the second time in a week. Huge flakes of snow have been just 'a bustin'' down all morning. 

This was on Tuesday morning...

Hubby felt it necessary to do this...

and the township saw fit to plough the road. It was a lovely day though, the sun came out and we went for a snowshoe around,  the pad of new snow softening the hard crust on our trails.

As the warm afternoon wore on, the floating ice in the pond was melting before our eyes.

By Wednesday, the last vestiges of snow in the clearing were gone except for places where there had been snow piles. The shrinking ice pan in the pond evaporated and the turtle log is again free to float at the whim of the wind. 

We got busy bringing in the wood rounds from the last trees cut, to the pile behind the barn, preparatory to splitting and piling. Even on the north side of the barn, we were standing on bare ground. 

Last night we listened at dusk for the 'pweenting' of Timberdoodles, (AmericanWoodcocks), as they have arrived just south of us. A friend on whose farm they were heard, has also heard her first Eastern Phoebe.  No luck here, but coyotes were being quite vocal.

This morning, we awoke to bare ground, then it started to snow, and snow and snow. There is now a couple of inches of heavy wet stuff.

Well it can stay. I refuse to budge until this all melts away, again.