[Magdalen] Spring is sprung

[Kate Conant]

I have been out shoveling while waiting for my new Macbook try to read in
my old Mail (about 4 times now).  I haven't even made it out the 200 feet
of the drive yet (just clearing in front of the garage and the side
entrance).   It's coming down harder now. We have about 6" on the ground so
far.

Husband Jim and son Jack are out clearing snow at Summit Point Raceway.
Daughter Beth is at her fiancé George's place in Berryville, Virginia.  I'm
here wondering how long the Dish network holds up today.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> HA!!! We still have ~3 feet of snow on the ground and, while it was well
> above freezing yesterday, it's supposed to go down to -10F tonight. The
> past six weeks have been incredibly cold everywhere in the Northeast US.
> Only sign of Spring is that it's beginning to look like sugaring weather,
> finally.
>
> And, last night at 2:30AM we got a call from our freeze alarm in Mass.
> that the boiler was out of water (again). Have a call in to our neighbor
> there - if she can't take care of it, I'll have to drive down there later
> today, as it's supposed to be plenty cold there tonight also. Typically in
> Mass. by now we would normally have daffodils peeking up,  but they're
> still buried under nearly 3 feet of snow. (As of today, Boston should set
> an all-time winter snowfall record).
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Stokes
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 6:37 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: [Magdalen] Spring is sprung
>
>
> Yesterday out walking with a group I saw on a grass bank snowdrops,
> daffodils and crocuses.  This brings to mind the verse
> Spring is spring, the grass is is
> I wonders where the birdies is.
> The bird is on the wing, they say, but that's absurd.
> How can the bird be on the wing when the wing is on the bird?
>
> Here is a report of more than a wing being on the bird.  It was a weasel
> on the bird which a photographer was able to snap.  I am glad to report
> that after bird and load had landed he walked towards them, the weasel
> dismounted (probably somewhat surprised by his flight) and the bird flew
> away.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31711446
>
> Roger
>