I’ve been up since 4 in the morning, I just couldn’t sleep.  I think I felt the earth shift last night.

The shift was very subtle…about 3 in the morning, actually. A tiny, tiny, tiny tilt back towards the sun, leaving this colder place (in the scheme of things) until sometime next winter.

The shift was very subtle, still I woke with a start…it felt like something a little bit more was happening…a little more sunshine, a little more warmth…maybe I was dreaming, but it felt …well — Good!

I pulled all of the curtains, put wood on the fire and settled down to look to the east.

The sun started lighting the sky around 6:21 in the morning, with the sunrise happening at 6:48–it was cold…11* and the earth still crusted with snow.  If I looked to the west I could see the cows and their calves making the trek from the corrals around Misty’s house and the other bunch of cows walking over the hill from the equipment area…a new day was beginning.

The sun will set tonight at 6:02  giving us 11 hours and 15 minutes of daylight (if my figures are right!

I didn’t even remember to get my camera.  I just sat and enjoyed and became part of this minute shift.

These little Coots were having a great time at Confluence Park Sunday…someone has tossed them some ‘lunch’.

Thank you to everyone who commented and is sending Magic Thoughts for wet mountain snow in March…you are all the best!!

If it doesn’t snow we will just do with the hand we are given and make the best of it.

Hope really does spring eternal doesn’t it?

Thank each of you so much,

Linda