Bizarre Day on Hideaway

Well, it’s been a bizarre day on Hideaway Pond. One might add the same for Overlook Mountain and the entire Catskill Range, for that matter. Mother Nature has been in one of her schizophrenic moods again. Bright sunshine interspersed in short order with dark angry clouds, swirling winds and gust driven spring blizzard show. Squalls, we called them in our erstwhile sailing days.

The resultant mix has brought together a collection of natural phenomena seldom seen in combination with one another. Snow covered rhododendron blossoms, mid-May snow on the Catskills and a surprise guest. A rose breasted grosbeak that blew in from out of nowhere.

And–for those of you who follow this humble little blog, a big surprise. The pair of geese who departed separately a couple of weeks ago following destruction of their nest, may well have temporarily returned. During late afternoon, a pair of geese splashed down in mid-pond. Without hesitation, they swam directly to location on the island containing the wreckage of the old nest. She went ashore and stood for about 5 minutes on the exact spot where the nest was once located.while he lingered in water. He then joined her on the island and they flew away.

Now before you send the little men in white coats with the butterfly net, please understand that I’m not enough of a romantic to make this stuff up. Besides, I have attached photographic evidence (forgive the spotty photos. That‘s snow). And my lovely bride will vouch for me. Or we can share a butterfly net.

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