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Spring is springing... maybe

3/11/2014

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Well we has a blip of warmth yesterday - in the fifties! It isn't really spring yet - that will only happen when the list below is complete, but it felt good.

I grabbed my camera and headed out looking for spring. I went over to Black Earth Creek. This is a trout stream near our home and it doesn't usually freeze, so if anywhere there is life it is there. Well life was there - in the form of a bazillion fishermen! I think everyone with waders was waiting for today!

The creek also has a small pond and the ice retreating from the pond was really interesting. To the right is a circular melt in the middle of the pond - kinda of a "black hole" don't you think!
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It was fun to tramp around in the soggy (but only for an inch or so) ground, see so many out enjoying the "warmth" and finally see a few slices of evidence that even during the winter life continues under the snow. Enjoy a few more pictures of the area below:
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And here are a couple of details that I also found: The prickly seed pods that will soon be replaced by green, and the moss and alpine plants that are the first to emerge from the ice and snow.
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So when we :
- Have a few less feet of ice on the pond
- See a foot of snow soak back into the ground
- Experience a little more consistency in the temperature
- Complete the removal of 6 months of trash from the street gutters
- Record the first robin sighting
- Feel safe about removing the ice scraper from the car
- Starting to wear boots for fashion not just function again
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Use ice more on food than onsidewalks
- And start complaining about how warm it is....

Then we will know spring is in Wisconsin.






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