Spring can be particularly fickle here in Wisconsin, slow to arrive and reluctant to stay. So, we celebrate it all the more, often with startling enthusiasm. “WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” we shout to one another as one warm breeze sweeps through town, coaxing the sun in its wake, and we dash from our houses with [...]
We tried to socially distance ourselves Sunday afternoon at the Navarino State Wildlife Area, but we ran into a loud bunch of amorous Anura amphibians -- frogs for those who aren't making a pretentious, alliterative jump. We heard them before we saw them and I found myself thoroughly charmed, until our resident biologist pointed out [...]
We spring forward with optimism here in Wisconsin, but we generally land in a big pile of snow. Spring takes its time getting here. I think it likes to save one of its favorite states for last. So, our tulips and daffodils sleep a little longer, and so do out buds. Our fat squirrels swish [...]
On Tuesday, I celebrated spring by planting a brand new You Are Beautiful sign in my front lawn. Yesterday, Wisconsin blew it a big, wet kiss. That’s what I choose to believe, anyway. Others may refer to yesterday's unfortunate mix of rain, ice, snow and wind a little differently. I say, you are still beautiful, [...]
Saturday afternoon, three months after we carefully and unanimously selected her to bring her fresh, festive, pine-scented self into our cabin, we returned our sweet little Christmas tree to the woods from which we'd plucked her. Owing both to her own fortitude and to our cabin's low-set thermostat, she did not drop a single pine [...]
