Deep Winter

Wintry Forecast

daily haiku

rabbits face south
turn towards the noonday sun
drink in rays of warmth

A Happy New Year to all of you who read my blog

May 2015 be a healthy and blessed year for you all.

Prolonged cold with plenty of snow and wind brings us deep into winter. A chilly greeting for 2015. Actually it is probably more like the usual Montana winters that I remember from the 60's and 70's and is somewhat reassuring considering evidence of global warming.

This week I took down the Xmas Tree and all the decorations; but as always, the hardest part is taking down the Christmas greeting cards that I tape to the living room bookshelves. When they are "up' it feels like I am surrounded by the good wishes and love that the cards bring to me. A wonderful feeling.  After I remove them I spend an afternoon re-reading them and the letters that often are enclosed. As the cost of buying and mailing increases, each one becomes more valuable in the good feelings they convey. 

The animals are interesting to watch as they adapt to winter survival.  A lovely sight - the chickadees hover and the tree creepers scamper upside down under the eaves to drink the drops of water from the end of the icicles on my porch roof. They are very close to me as I sit in my chair.  The rabbits eat the yucca growing in front and then chase each other at high speed through the snow.  I doubt they are mating, although you never know with their oversexed species; I think it is more the need for warmth.  And with that, I had better get dressed for the day and do some more shoveling to keep myself in the same condition!