January Thaw

There are a few signs of the season changing that I have come to appreciate living on the farm. There is January thaw, February thaw, maple sugar season, then the trees bud out and Spring is well on its way. January thaw came today. It turned everything into a giant sheet of ice, wet slippery ice.




Just one more step closer to maple season. We'll make it. No worries.

In between though, we have to worry about the February thaw and the hungry moon. That is when food has been scarce and the local predators get really bold. They attack in daylight hours, when people are about, they take down animals with a brutal and fierce hunger driving them. February is certainly red, but I have a hard time getting excited about Valentines day knowing that the week here at the farm is the annual Maybe we should give up farming, I can't handle the bloodshed.... emotional breakdown.

I digress. Today was lovely.