Happy St. Patrick's Day. Hope you are ready for the 'wearin' o' the green.'
The turkeys have multiplied yet again. There are hordes, rather than flocks or herds, spread out on the fields near Bear River, all busy with heads down, searching for morsels in the dry stalks from last year’s growth.
They aren’t the only winged creatures putting in an early spring appearance. Beautiful swans have been enjoying the waters of the Bear over in the Narrows. They are so elegant and lovely to behold. The call of the local pheasants is heard in our valley and they are checking out empty orchards to see if there are any apples still available from winter’s winds.
It is a contest between the local deer and the birds to find withered apples or other orchard tidbits, too high to reach last fall that have since dropped to the ground. All critters are checking out the feeding spots for the domestic pets. The last couple of months has made for a very lean cuisine for our local wildlife.
Jimmie and AnnaBeth Olson made the trip to the Boise area during the days of the state basketball tournament. They have daughter Dana and Charlie Peterson and family who live in Meridian. Jimmie’s sister ReNae and Doug Mellor are also located in the area, so there are plenty of places for visiting and fun.
Richard and Vickie Free and Wally and Kim Christensen are home, back in Idaho, after several days of soaking up Florida sunshine. They loved the warmth and relaxation. They discovered they had arrived at Daytona Beach about the same time as a bikers convention and they saw more Harley machines than they knew were in existence. Another highlight was a visit to Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center, learning some exciting things about a possible Mars exploration of the future.
Daylight Savings Time has struck again. It would be nice to say that the community completely adjusted in that one overnight step forward, but that would not be truthful. There are some of us that take quite some time to make that shift to realizing that it really is night time and our mental clocks need to shut down. We have to resist the impulse to keep finding one more task to finish before bed. If we were already “night owls” by nature DST only aggravates the problem with life going on in a daylight world.
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