From Skilled Hands

My Town Monday

By fromskilledhands ( February 1, 2009 at 6:05 pm) · Filed under Chickens, My Town Monday, Snow, Spring

It’s been hard not to talk about the weather this winter. Today is the first day in I don’t know how many days that the temperature has been above freezing. The sun has shown itself, too, a welcome respite from the gray we’ve seen for so long. Icicles are melting, a constant drip drip on the metal roof. Temperatures are expected to fall again, so the melted ice will morph back into it’s former state, but horizontal rather than vertical.

The quality of the light is changing, a sure sign of progressing seasons.

Chickens are laying, another sign of longer days.

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Travis Erwin is the conductor of the My Town Monday symphony. Check out the links to other MTM players.

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rudeek said,

February 1, 2009 @ 8:11 pm

Winter seemed extraordinarily harsh this year and I’m more than happy to see it winding down. Your pictures are beautiful Debra.

Jodi Anderson said,

February 1, 2009 @ 9:53 pm

Yesterday and today have been the first above-freezing days in about one month. As you can probably guess, that makes me very sad. I don’t want winter to leave. I keep thinking about traveling north for the summer. Must. Escape. Heat.

Love the winterly photos. xoxo

Sepiru Chris said,

February 1, 2009 @ 11:45 pm

Hi Debra,

I really like the first three pictures. The first two because of the vertical patterns (especially with your wry comment on horizontal v. vertical alignment) and the third because you have captured the granular nature of snow pack that is melting and refreezing. I used to call that corn snow when I was a cross-country skiing guy. That photo releases a flood of memories.

Also, I had not thought before about how the consistency of the snow will also effect the light. It, the snow and the light, gets darker when it is not the fresh, blinding sheen of new, dry snow in cold conditions. Thanks.

What a great post, as always.

Tschüss,
Chris

Barrie Summy said,

February 2, 2009 @ 2:50 am

Your photos gave me the shivers.

Reb said,

February 2, 2009 @ 2:53 am

Beautiful photos Debra. It has been a strange winter all around I think.

liz davidson said,

February 2, 2009 @ 7:39 am

I love icicles !! I have finally managed to spot a crop outside my house.

Eryl Shields said,

February 2, 2009 @ 9:18 am

I love the second chicken photo, they’re such lovely colours.

Mary said,

February 2, 2009 @ 10:25 am

Great post and photos! Yesterday’s balmy 40 degree temps felt like some sort of release from ice prison!

Clare2e said,

February 2, 2009 @ 12:44 pm

The pictures are gorgeous. I’ve got a soft spot for icy landscapes and chickens, as it so happens. I put away all my Christmas decorations a while ago, then realized I’d forgotten to pack up my little Blue Santa. So he’s staying put all year!

(No, once he showed up, I just couldn’t give him away. I was afraid that might happen).

Stay warm and we’ll all thaw together. Soon, we hope.

Travis Erwin said,

February 2, 2009 @ 12:46 pm

Have I ever told you how much I dislike chickens. Too much time around them at the old feed store.

Larramie said,

February 2, 2009 @ 2:16 pm

That one picture actually shows “sparkling” snow. You’re good, Debra…really good!

Laura/centerdownhome said,

February 2, 2009 @ 4:05 pm

I was reading something the other day about “keeping winter”, as in “keeping the season”. I love that idea. I love the wintery photos here and at Jodi’s. We’ve had precious little winter here thus far, so I will visit your pics when I am missing snow and ice.

Patti Abbott said,

February 2, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

I finally knocked all the icicles down. I was afraid to leave them hanging.

OldOldLady Of The Hills said,

February 3, 2009 @ 5:27 am

That is a FANTASTIC Picture! It says it all, doesn’t it?
I am ashamed to tell you it was in the low 80′s here today and will be again tomorrow…..I honestly cannot imagine living in such cold, as you are living in this year—OR, for that matter, any year…! Gee, I hope the Groundhog was wrong today…otherwise you will have 6 more weeks of Winter. Brrrrrrrrr. Time to come West, my dear! (Well, even just for a little vacation from the cold….!)

MaryWitzl said,

February 3, 2009 @ 6:36 pm

That snow looks so beautiful — especially the picture where you can see tiny bits glinting in the light. I can say this because it is above freezing here and I don’t have to shovel it, but I’m looking forward to a winter with snow again. They say there is snow all over the U.K., even in places that haven’t had it in ages — of all the years for us to leave!

I love hens, and that picture of eggs makes me hungry for some! (Eggs, that is — not hens.) I’m not quite as fond of roosters. We have one who lives behind our house here and he just never shuts up. He crows just about on the hour, all day — and night — long.