2000_02_16 Journal by Sil

Journal by Sil

February 16

We certainly have had some wild and wooley weather around here lately. Got a good foot of snow with freezing rain on top of it on Valentine's Day. Prior to the snow, and after it too, the temps were down around Zero F or -18 C. People are having an awful time with the high fuel prices. I've been putting blankets and heavy curtains at the doors and windows when it's really cold. They predict -22 F/-30 C tonight. My heart aches for the tornado victims in Georgia.

It snowed a bit today, but couldn't keep it up when the thermometer nosedived. A great big Arctic high came down from Canada and pushed it all out to sea. John will be getting it in England in a few days, I fear. Seems like he gets gales and storms just about a week after they pass over Maine.

When Kate and I went down to the feed store to get cat and dog food this morning, the sun was out and the trees were asparkle with the ice. The sun hit at the right angle to create twinkles of rainbow colors, like all kinds of jewels were hanging in the branches. What an amazing sight! It's marvels like that which make living in Maine such a joy. Sometimes I gripe about the cold and the storms, but for me, these marvelous flashes of beauty make up for it, and then some!

Last week, Lea and I were driving down the Bog Road at sunset and saw a flock of wild turkeys flying up to roost in the trees on the edge of the swamp. Actually, most were settled on their perches as we came by, looking like big fluffy clumps way high up in the skeletal trees. The sky was sort of a peachy, yellowish orange, with the trees stretching their black limbs up against it.

Turkeys are becoming a common sight in central Maine in recent years. They seem to be acclimating very well. Last fall, a flock went strolling by the windows of the newspaper office quite nonchalantly, just as if they weren't in the edge of a village.

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