Signs of spring
On the radio Mark Breen is talking about signs of spring that listeners have sent in. It's the usual mix of first bird sightings, ice out on some pond, and so on. I noticed a sure sign of spring last Saturday. The stench of the winter's build up of organic material all starting to decompose at once. There must be a big blast of methane and other fine products of decomposition gushing out into the run off stream. Along the highway I notice the freshly exposed corpses of deer that have been long frozen in the snow banks along side the road. Some are full grown, others small and (formerly) cute. Did they die and somehow fall into the snow, or did they get clipped by a plow and swept up into the snow ejecta? Beats me. I hope the flowers and leaves and green are not far behind.
Posted by chuck at March 2, 2004 08:22 PM
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