The Big Melt?

Or is it a big tease?

From yesterday at sunset....

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At the time it was a balmy thirty-eight degrees and cooling - and the calving of the glacier on the roof of the machine shed was accompanied by a loud cracking and heaving sound as the frozen snow and ice began its descent to the garden below.  As in all years before - hopefully without taking the gutters with it.  

Only two years ago on February 22, 2017 I was greeted by the familiar yet distinctive Okalee call of the male redwing blackbird. 

Last year brought late snows and a dangerous blizzard with several feet of the white stuff in mid-April.

Spring is just around the corner so stay-tuned for a report on the signs of its arrival....