Winter Progresses — pat morss

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Sure looks different from mid-summer.

However, the familiar Song Sparrow reminds us spring will come.
While a squirrel struggles for a hand-out of suet.
Just a few of the dozen-plus seals finding some winter sun at Brace Cove.
A slice of sun slashes through the clouds illuminating sea smoke on a cold morning.
One of the coyotes with mange searching for food, on the rocks in the fog.
While other healthy ones look pretty content, napping in the sun.
I’m told this Red-tailed Hawk may have been decapitated by a Great Horned Owl.
Our Inuit friends help hold my cross-country skis, while I look for boots and poles.
Skiing “out the door,” the first few strides are challenging.
The skis are happy to be back on the snow. But where’s the groomed trail?
First rite of spring, when the sun sets north of the lighthouse again.

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