Somewhere this morning I read that we had twenty-four inches of snow cover. My better half keeps saying "it'll all be gone soon." I wish that the beauty it brings weren't so counterbalanced with inconveniences.
To say that birds have been flocking to the feeders wouldn't convey the sense that Hitchcock could have used our deck yesterday and today to film some scenes from "The Birds." Watching the goldfinches land on windblown branches covered with snow almost as deep as they are tall was a treat. As he frequently does, Robert Frost puts things into a human perspective.
Dust of Snow
The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock tree
Has given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Other kinds of Minnesota snow birds
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