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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. ** Image ID #1701066 Unavailable ** |
| January is coming to an end; only four more days until Groundhogs Day. What will the furry little weather forecaster have to say? Sometimes I think the saying should be, "If the groundhog sees it's shadow, six more weeks of winter, if not, six more weeks till spring." In my neck of the woods, here in northern Minnesota, there's seldom a groundhog (woodchuck as they are known here) emerging in February. It's still too cold to awaken them from their slumber and the ground is frozen solid under a foot or more of snow. We would likely need a week or better of higher temperatures to warm their bodies enough to awaken from hibernation. But, that's not a good thing for any hibernating critters, large or small. We will still have a lot of very cold weather, and we are just starting to get to our snowiest months–March is when we get the most snow, typically. So, if animals awaken now, there is little for them to feed on, and after months of sleep, they need sustenance before they return to their winter dwellings to go back into their deep sleep. It has happened, but rarely. It's always a problem because critters get into garbage bins and come up to houses in search of food. Most don't pose much danger, but raccoons can be very aggressive towards pets and we all know the smelly problem skunks inflict when they come in close contact with people or pets. Trust me, it's bad enough to have a crazed raccoon jump out of a dumpster when throwing trash away, but upsetting a starving skunk when tossing trash will have you suffering for a week or more. Oh, and let's not forget the bears. We don't have many in this area, but were they're more abundant, they raise hell on dumpsters and trash cans if they cannot find food. On rare occasions, they'lll even break into homes in search of food if they're hungry enough. I had a friend (she passed away some years ago) who had a bear, awakened too early from hibernation, enter their house in search of food. No one was injured but the damage inside was horrendous! One of these days I'll have to share that tale with everyone. It's an interesting and somewhat humorous story. |
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