March Madness a la NH

Happy March!  I'm on my way to Peg Clement's house in Burlington where she and Jessica Hatheway Scriver are hosting the last Wabun Reunion this side of the border at 3:00 this afternoon - it's been a long, happy road.

The rains of the last week or so have laid the ground for sensing a little bit of spring on the horizon - so I thought I'd share a little bit what unfolds up/over here in the Granite State in our own, still new-to-us  backyard.

First off, though, here's how Marg and I  reformulated our competitive streak to be territory friendly

Last snowshoe outing of the winter, I suspect.  It's been a very pretty, deeply snowed season, with lots of opportunity to enjoy the landscape.

            (photo credit to Sarah Flotten)

As the snow has been hard for the deer to manage, they've taken to walking on our driveway on their daily grazings - four of them trooped through the day before yesterday - some recent blow-downs have attracted them to our back yard, where they nibble quite contentedly as we try to make as little noise as possible so as not to spook them away.

The P ileated are out in force, tearing up the conifers and making a heck of a racket.








And as the ground clears, our resident fox shows up to sunbathe in the warm ground patches between the snowdrifts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, in our little Hopkinton wild kingdom, we are dazzled by the display of an amorous turkey who does a magnificent job of making himself quite the attraction to his lady friends of the yard.

All of this within a stone's throw of our kitchen table - life is grand - Cheers, friends - happy weekend!