6:30 a.m. vague shapes glided through the dark morning mist as we opened the chicken and bunny doors. Deer in a line. Off in the woods an owl, overhead geese honked. Otherwise still. Eerie in the fog. A chill day dawned slowly to big yawns as children and staff wandered in. One of our students, [...]
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Signs of Spring
Posted in Mud season, signs of spring on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mud Season
Posted in Mud season on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, we can see bare ground. Under the pines, along the walk, the driveway is free of ice and snow. The mounds of snow still dot the landscape the the Iowa Glacial Range down by the old Farmstead site is dirty and gritty and still pretty big. Chickadees call “phoebee.” Carolina wrens work the woods [...]




