What Makes March Interesting...

Two days ago, in PA

The kids spent the day with their Pap collecting sugar water, having mud fights and drinking lots of sweet halfway done syrup.  It was warm, sunny, lovely and very, very muddy.  

Auntie H came up to check out the progress in the Sugar House.

Today in VA

Ten inches in some places, grey skies, below freezing - not a sign of spring in sight.

 



 Except this - a wasp in the kitchen. 

Good thing Nature practices fecundity.  It's a rough world out there.

An excerpt from "March" by John Updike

 

Some days are fair

and some are raw

The timid earth decides to thaw

 

The mud smells happy

on our shoes

We still wear mittens

which we lose.