Michigan is snowed in, iced in, and frozen solid. There are beautiful sights out there in Michigan’s Winter Water
Wonderland, but it’s hard to spy all that beauty from behind the snow piled in
the driveway. There has been a lot of
wintery weather howling, blowing, and falling gently, in the whiteness of the
picture window view onto the world. But
each excursion out the door calls for bundling up, shoveling, scraping and extreme
caution before venturing out onto the byways.
Where is the scraper ??? |
Optimistically, spring
is just around the corner. At least
one of the porcupines featured on the February 2, breaking news channel, signaled
that spring would come—eventually. Late
February is when even the most optimistic need some reassurance. The longer days are nice—It was light until
6:30 this evening. It gets light earlier
in the morning—that’s a good thing.
Longer days are here to stay. The
piles of white stuff make the world white and somewhat bright even when the sun
does not make it out.
But the piles of snow are getting a bit oppressive. It’s time to go have another conference with
that porcupine. After consulting my wildlife locator book, I
head out with a shovel to clear away enough snow to find the porcupine that’s
been missing since February 3.
When I find Phil, as I call all porcupines, I brush his
bristly hide off gently. I start in with
the questions:
ME: When can I put my snow shovel away?
Phil: "No comment"
ME:
When will I see a crocus?
Phil: “No comment”
ME: Are you related to anyone in the snow removal
business?
Phil: “Thank
you for your questions—the question period is over”
I’m sorry to disturb you Phil. Just wait a minute while I shovel that snow
back out of the way so you can go back into your hole for a while. See you in the spring!