TROUT, DEER, MAPLE SAP AND HUNGRY BEARS

NORTH BRANCH OF PIKES CREEK IS RISING...THINK TROUT!

DEER ARE LOOKING FOR HERBS BENEATH THE SNOW  

MAPLE SAP IS RISING

AND THE BEARS ARE WAKING UP

Monday,  9:00 AM.  19 degrees F, wind SW, light to moderate with strong gusts.  The sky is overcast and a few snowflakes are blowing about.  The humidity is 82% and the barometer has fallen rather precipitously to 29.83". A city crew is thawing out a sewer main on tenth and Manypenny.  We have a return of winter this morning, which I hope  is only temporary.
   Things are waking up though, coming out of the winter doldrums.  The North Branch of Pike's Creek is beginning to look like a trout stream again; we are seeing deer looking for fresh forage every day now, the maple sap is flowing and the bears will soon be prowling about.  Hope ours aren't as hungry as the Russian Bear that has come out of hibernation and is gobbling up Ukraine.  Time to put my pistol in my coat pocket when out in the big woods, I guess.
   President Obama, please do not wander about in the Russian woods unless you do likewise.