Spring. Sort of.

Spring Equinox ritual: paint toenails green.  I'm not sure how long this has been going on, but at least 10 years now.

Everytime we drive by the neighbor's pond down the road, we've been checking to see how much the ice has melted and we wonder at how the geese can keep their toes warm.  We count all the new baby cows that we can see in the neighbor's fields and how many pairs of geese there are in the grass around the pond

So nice to hear the birds singing.  It's still quite cold (20's-30's at night), but we've been firing up the woodstove the past couple of mornings and opening the front door to the crisp, fresh air.  Ahhh.  Spring. Sort of.

Comments

[Bethany]

Pretty toenails! It's time, isn't it?

We've got frog sounds all night and night right now. They are incredibly loud!

The other day I passed a field with some big shaggy long-horned cattle. I saw something smaller walking around with them and I almost drove off the road looking at it. I thought it might be a dog, but it turned out to be a calf! I couldn't see the hooves because of all the shaggy hair.

[Chris]

Cute toes!

Astronomical spring vs real spring. Sigh.

[blackbird]

I did mine blue...
and tomorrow?
new birkenstocks.

[Julia]

That's a great ritual!!