Looking Back

April showers are making it smell so fresh.  Now, if only the howling wind would stop.  I looked out the window at work this afternoon and the rain was coming down in sheets.  The wind was whipping the evergreen branches around.  People were huddled in the front entrance lobby; waiting out the storm.

On the drive home there were a couple rotted poplars that had toppled across the ditch.  Broken branches and twigs littered the pavement.  The wind didn't seem to bother the moose that was browsing on the willows or the muskrat swimming in a pond along the roadway.

I got home to find all the garbage carts blown over and the gazebo almost tipped over.    I checked the forecast and there was a wind warning which said that the wind was to let up this evening.  I really didn't care if it was windy or not because after a 12 hour day at work, I decided to light the wood stove and cuddle up under a soft blanket.  What a fine way to relax; listening to sap crackle and spark from the pine that I put into the stove.  

I'm looking forward to having Monday/Tuesday off even though the temperature is supposed to tank before then.   I was looking through my photos and thought that the greening of spring was really delayed this year until I found this photo taken April 27, 2008.  How soon we forget.