The climate in Minnesota retains a wintry look. We had some melting lately and a lot of the snow cover has scrammed, but the winter will replenish the white stuff in the next few weeks. The streets and icy sidewalks are currently pretty perilous for walking, but I had to go look at nature this afternoon. There is ice yet over Minnehaha Creek and warnings about the danger that lies there. It has a kind of bleak beauty.
The cold weather of January has curtailed some of my outdoor photo activity, but the winter has loosened up a bit. The outdoor ice rinks have mostly closed down, because the more direct sun in the latter half of February doesn't allow ice that is fit to skate on. Ice fish houses have to be off the lakes by March first in the southern half of the state, because they can fall through the ice any time after that - or freeze in place after a warmish day. Even today the creek has some open water. There is plenty of ice, but no one can say where it is safe when water is moving under it. This spot is a couple of hundred yards upstream from Minnehaha Falls.
The Prairie Princess started her new job today and seems happy to be once again gainfully employed full time. The whole economy seems sick at the moment, but I have some hope for the federal stimulus package. Spending 787 billion bucks should cause something to change.
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Pretty pictures. Winter is often visually attractive -- I'm not sure why I hate it so much.
"Clay courts in orange groves." Pretty specific dream. Any warm breezes in there? Sun? Coach?
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