THAW!

It is hard to believe just two weeks ago friends were ice fishing on my pond and nearly a foot of snow blanketed the woody area.

And, there were piles of snow here and there and everywhere.

Then, with a spurt of supremely Spring-like temperatures and some cleansing rain—Presto! We are on target for the historically repetitious day of ice-out on March 15th.

In the 17 years I have lived on this little slice of nirvana you would have won a lot of money betting on that day for the last traces of crystallized water.

This is too small a sample to be statistically significant.

But, Nature’s clock seems a bit more consistent than the global-warming crowd would have us believe.

The geese with their primordial, on-schedule libido seem to agree.
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This picture was taken Saturday morning, March 13th in light rain with temperatures in the mid-40s. Another wager for ice out on the 15th seems like a winner.