Impressions in the Snow

I can't believe I am writing about our first snowfall.
Seems like summer came and we tasted fall and now our kerosene
furnace is running full speed ahead and the water in the horses water
buckets is covered with ice that is four hundred millimeters thick.

It snowed yesterday morning but I had to drive in it and walk in slushy
parking lots.

This morning I went for a walk. Ahhh snow.

There were lots of animal tracks. The snow covered pathways tell stories I could otherwise never read about the lives of these creatures...

Mostly fox. One lone fox. And then smaller tracks...possibly a shrew.

Then the lone fox again...and blood. And then a few meters away...many lone fox prints all coming together to one place. I saw a few of these 'meeting circles'.

In these circles there were impressions of fox sized bodies who may or may not have decided to lay down and enjoy the morning sun.

I am going to do some more of that now.

Enjoy your day.

t