Winter’s last deep freeze?

The morning’s snow fog cloaks trees in ice, an eagle flies North, and the days of February blow forward. Is Spring training near?

shaky windy clip

wanna feel cold before your hot chocolate brew?

Storm Watch from Snowy Hills

An hour hike yesterday…

starting out

bit further along

curious about that hilly ridge south of me

where the hike went off trail uphill to the south

gained a hill shoulder, looking west into the storm…

and east toward the plains

found a snow dune

and a volcanic rock, a bomb from some ancient eruption or a meteorite or a foreign rock brought in by an old rancher as a joke on passers-by

backtracking east to the curious ridge

back west, snow dunes from above and the mountain storm

higher

and the contrasting west

the curious ridge is edge of a flattop hill

 

storm views, a frozen lake from the top

Snow Strength and Cross Country Skiing an Open Space Park

A.M.: Snow shoveling is strength training with frozen water, bearing-it up using good lifting form from legs and core, and a back naturally aligned over the center of gravity…with thoughts of shoveling a crystallized, distilled ocean fallen to earth from far away.

P.M.: Snow invited Nordic transport, gliding through an open space park in the late afternoon’s snow clouds, and loving every minute. The snow puts off the fragrance of rain as it evaporates…