Transition Time

Transition Time: Early March

March 1 to 10, 2015

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March 1
  late morning
 

Another fresh layer of clean snow, and the dirt is covered up again.

 Looking through the woods from the road, southeast to northwest, over the Creek. Somewhere in the distance, to the right of the Creek, is Cottonwood Pond.

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March 6  
 late afternoon

Very cold, a fresh smattering of fallen dirt, and animal tracks from the pond.

 Fresh dirt on the ice.

 A squirrel scampers across “little pond”...

 ... and crosses frozen Cottonwood Pond.

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March 9  
 late morning

Warming temperatures, snow melt, and the Mud Piles reappear.

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March 10 

  early afternoon

Rain, rain and more rain.

Water pours down the Temporary Creek to Cottonwood Pond, “little pond” overflows across the Isthmus, the Seep fills and flows to the Creek, and the silt-filled Creek widens as it rushes by.
 The snow is almost all gone.

Spring is definitely on the way. Life will be quivering and awakening soon.