Yesterday was nearly balmy here! At a comfy 34 degrees (and, yes, that is warm enough to call balmy after the mostly subzero stuff we've had lately...my 4 year old went outside without a coat because "it's warm enough, mama!"), we broke the kiddie pool loose, filled it with pails of warm water and the ducks had a glorious swim, their first since the pond froze in late November. Of course they need to be careful walking across the 3" thick ice that is everywhere now, but well...ya know...
Frolicking ducks are a happy sight!
living mid south we don't have it a rough as those living further north but living on the north side of a mountain we get very little sun from Nov till late Feb. so when we do get ice and snow it stays for ever it seems, we can look like the north pole those on the south side of the river look like Florida. Only thing that gets me through it is in summer we are about 10* cooler than they are. Being originally from Florida born and raised there I do remember how cold those breezes can be off the ocean.
