San Felasco Hammock - February morning
I almost hate to see to see this month go. February is always full of surprises - warm days followed by frigid nights followed by a rainy day or a sunny one and then a night with thunder cracking... But most of all it is just beautiful. Spring begins early here and in the midst of the mixed-up weather, sandhill cranes are gathering overhead and the robins are coming through. Robins are commonplace in so many places, but they are only annual visitors here, and they seem to bring spring with them.
Robins! Even in a paved city lot.
The real evidence of impending spring is in the woods. I haven't hiked in the San Felasco Hammock since we moved into the center of town; ten miles seems like an extravagant distance to travel for a six-mile hike. But I was desperate enough for solitude last weekend that I made the trip. And then I returned today with my camera.
Tiny new river birch leaves
First dogwood blooms
It was a food for the soul for sure. Add to it birds twittering, the wind rustling the leaves, the crash of deer through the woods - and more robins - and it was a feast fit for Mardi Gras.
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