Baby, it's cold outside.............sorry, I couldn't resist.
It is though. 12 degrees and clear as a choir out there. Venus looks like a shining diamond, although the tiny moon shard set a long time ago. It had wandered well west by late dog-walking last night and was long gone by dawn-ish daybreak.
The air is barely moving. Up from the river floats quack quack quack.......Some hen duck is protesting her fate, or the weather, or just calling to her flockmates in the dark. I know it's a hen because they are the noisy ones in the puddle duck world. The boys are pretty quiet.
Whether it's a Mallard or an American Black Duck is a bit beyond me.
If it seems I have had little to say lately...well, despite the calendar claiming that it's still fall, it's winter. Usually the winter doldrums fall upon me in November so I am grateful that the gloom is late this year.....probably because I get outdoors every day for at least a little while.
However, the short days bring their inevitable result sooner or later...no doubt in a few weeks the winter weary among us will become more loquacious, but for now....this is as good as it gets.
Your "a good as it gets" i "good enough for ME!" Lots of love, MOM
ReplyDeleteWe are too warm again. Very worrisome. Wish we would shake up the weather for all of us and even it out all over the map!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea you were prone to the winter doldrums, since your blog posts continue to be amazingly beautiful. Your vision doesn't diminish, thankfully,and as the winter wears on, you still have eyes to see the wondrous in the ordinary.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mama, I love you!
ReplyDeleteLInda, cold and snowy here today. Supposed to rain over the weekend. Ugh. Roads are already bad enough
Jacqueline, yeah, the dreaded SAD nails me every year. Not as bad since we moved to this house, which has tons of windows. Cold but bright. Thank you for your very kind words.