Monday, March 30, 2009
The Geese are Back in Town...
Despite the huge piles of snow around, there is something comforting in the return of the birds; a sign that spring really will come someday. There is certain irony in the fact that Thursday I got frostbite on my hands and feet digging a truck out of the snow and Friday I was driving that truck with the windows down. Icy mud is everywhere. T-shirts by day: winter coats by night. Welcome to Alberta! I've been warned this pseudo-spring could last until mid-may. By then there's finally enough sunlight to warm things up. Just wait until summer when the sun sets at 11pm...What a strange thing, to be so far North. One benefit: the sunrises/sunsets and stars are incredible. (not that I've ever really seen a sunset I would say wasn't incredible...)
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I would join you in celebrating the return of the geese but for the fact that they are decidedly nasty buggers who leave numerous products of their existence on the ground for the innocent passerby to happen upon. Summer sounds nice...
Fortunately by "back" I mean I saw some flying overhead the other day...they're not actually in town. I agree with you; they're pests. But pests whose return fills me with delight...the irony is rich.
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