2/15/11 SIGNS OF SPRING, AND A GOOD BOOK FOUND

THE ARTIST'S BRUSH STROKES

SWELLING BUDS OF MOUNTAIN ASH

Wednesday, 7:45 AM.  28 degrees, wind W, light to moderate.  The sky is mostly overcast but with a gorgeous sunrise, and the barometer predicts snow.
    The thaw continues, the march towards spring further exemplified by the swelling, furry buds of the mountain ash trees.  I am happy to report that Ann Rumsey at What Goes Round, Bayfield’s used bookstore on Second and Manypenny, found a copy of Robert Ruark’s The Old Man and the Boy for me and I am happily immersed in its homilies.  My morning at least will be spent doing my duty as chair of the Bayfield Zoning Appeals Board, which is always interesting and challenging.