Geese
You're probably all very bored with the very idea of more snow, still, yesterday we had a good fall, probably about six inches in a few hours. The Arts Correspondent, who knows about these things, said it was powdery snow, and thus a good thing. Certainly when we went to visit our neighbours who live a couple of bothys along from the one Lewis Grassic Gibbon lived in (before he moved to Welwyn Garden City, and died), the snow was deep and crisp and uneven all along their track. Safer in the circumstances to leave the car at the top and crunch pleasingly along the path.I took this picture of snowdrops in their garden, it's amazing that something so fragile can cope with the toughest of conditions.
As I came home in brilliant sunshine this morning, I noticed that one of the fields was absolutely rammed with Canada Geese (the thin brown line across the centre of the photo), it's common at night to hear distant chatter, either as they fly over on a mission to somewhere, or as they roost. More rare, in my experience to see so many on the ground. Mind you, in this weather it is a whole lot easier to spot some of our wildlife, either because it stands out against the snow, or because hunger has driven them inland. We get great flocks of Oystercatchers in the fields some days, for example, and there are always loads and loads of crows.
posted by Lampy @ 2/13/2009 04:04:00 pm
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