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Fleeting Magic

Blog–Hideaway Pond1-3-2021Gray.

Gray and wet around Hideaway Pond for the last week or so. Yesterday we awoke to signs of an overnight sleet storm. Glassy remains tangled in the grass. Today brought snain. “Snain“. Try saying that with a bad head cold. And tonight, according to the gurus of weatherdom, 3” to 5” of snow will grace the Catskills.

In other words, it’s wintertime and Mother Nature is displaying all of the symptoms. Small animals have heeded the warning and remain holed up. Winter birds–cardinals, titmice, chickadees and their fellow avians–are lining up in trees adjacent to the feeders. The seeds and suet the feeders contain will help pack some insulation under their feathers. They don’t make de-icers for the small flying folks.

A 4 point buck–Rudolf, according to my lovely bride– has been an occasional visitor. The wet weather and lack of snow have kept the lawn surprisingly green for December. He grazes for an hour or two on this unexpected bounty. He then saunters off to find whatever mischief awaits. Rutting is still in. Getting late in the season, however. Last come, last served. 😉

Speaking of that, a doe and last summer’s twins visit daily. Seems that even in the ruminant world, it’s hard to get the youngsters to move out.

And a princely 8 point buck makes rare and stately stops. Aloof, though he is, we enjoy his royal highness while he’s here. However, we have yet to devise a name fitting to his lofty station in the sylvan world.

1-4-2021

A new morning. And the Hideaway is embraced in a fairy land of pristine white. Clinging to every branch and twig is a frosting of ice and snow. Magic. And like much of Nature’s magic, it will be fleeting. During the next couple of hours the sun will arrive. The trees will begin to lose their grip and rain their lovely costume. Or a wind will arrive and blow it all away. Seems sad. But perhaps, after all, its brief presence is what makes it so precious to us.

And that’s magic.

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