HERE WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH ALREADY AND A CONVENTION OF CARDINALS

 WINTER'S MORN

We started our day off with snow squall and high wind warnings so Pheebs and I kept our eye on the sky this morning.  Luckily, neither one of those two weather events happened while we were out cruising a few quiet country roads southeast of Bayfield.  How nice to see bare earth beginning to show up in larger patches in farmer's fields.  Country roads are now totally free of ice.

 MORE PATCHES OF GROUND SHOWING THROUGH THE SNOW

 THE DARK BLUE ON THE HORIZON IS THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE HURON

 NICE TO SEE SOME GREEN OUT THERE

 HOW GREAT TO HAVE ICE FREE COUNTRY ROADS AGAIN

Home only a short while and light snow began falling.  With Sunday's 45F temps a lot of snow slid off or carport roof blocking the gate to our back yard so I was busy getting all that shoveled out of the way.  There is still more snow to slide off when temps warm up again.  We are hovering slightly below the freezing mark today.

 CREEKS AND DITCHES ARE FILLED WITH WATER FROM MELTING SNOW

This video gives you an idea of how lake ice along the shoreline of the Great Lakes breaks up at this time of year.  We see this along the Lake Huron shoreline all the time.  It generally depends on which way the wind is blowing.  When the ice pack breaks off with an easterly wind blowing, it is pushed away from our shoreline out into the lake.  If winds change and blow from the west the ice pack will move back into shore.  One day there is ice as far as one can see and the next day it isn't there.  It all depends on the wind and temperature factors.  Ice Breaking Up.

 I THINK THIS OLD TREE HAS HAD A HARD LIFE

 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ALL THAT IS STICKING OUT OF THE SNOW

 This afternoon it looked like we had a Cardinal Convention going on in our front yard.  I counted six pairs of Cardinals at one point.

 JUNCO

 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH

 DOWNIE WOODPECKER

And here we are at the beginning of March already.  How encouraging is that for we people living here in this cold winter weather:))

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A man went to a fancy dress party wearing trousers, a roll-neck sweater, and a balaclava, all light brown. He was carrying a woman, wearing a brown and fawn dress, piggyback style.  His host asked him what he had come as. He answered: "A tortoise.''  The host asked ''What about the woman?"  The man replied ''She's Michelle.''

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John's teacher sent a note home to his mother, saying :  "John seems to be a very bright boy, but spends too much of his time thinking about girls.  The mother wrote back the next day:  "If you find a solution, please advise.  I have the same problem with his father!"

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