the remaking of a kitchen

it's amazing, but the great lake w has already disappeared. usually it's in evidence for at least several days, and then it goes away until next spring, unless we have unusually heavy rains later in the season. we suspect that the ground gets thawed enough that the water is absorbed. we don't know that for a fact, but it sounds good. nebraska friends say that the leaves of spring bulbs are in evidence as we celebrate seeing the ugly brown and gray ground. the squirrels are acting exceptionally squirrelly chasing each other on telephone and power lines, through trees and on the ground. they systematically ripped a lot of bark from the olive tree and are now busily carrying that mess back up to build perilously big nests. they can be seen carrying huge mouthfuls of leaves as they scurry up the trees. building building building. we have spoken to the neighbors about alerting the fox that frequents their yards.....we need less squirrels and bunnies this year. we hope they can spread the word.
the other disappearance is the snow......it's almost gone which is hard to believe after the huge piles still around over the weekend.

Labels: lake w, squirrels