Snow tramp

I had a good long tramp in the snow yesterday. I only took a few pictures before my camera battery went dead. The snow was beautiful but it wasn't what you would call a sparkly sunny day and photos don't translate the actual beauty well. It was great packing snow, wet and heavy. Every time I lifted my boots they pulled up a perfect imprint of my sole and deposited it again with the next step. I scared some deer out of the woods south of the lake and saw tons of rabbit and chipmunk trails. When I got to the end of the hike I wasn't done , so I doubled back and took all the trails around the park again. I must have hiked for 7-8 mi. When I got home I found a msg. from J inviting me over. He'd had a change of plans. I was too pooped to swoop and drifted off to sleep talking with him on the phone. I paid for that early hay hitting with a 3 AM bout of insomnia. It might have been Chrish baking peanut butter cookies that woke me. I hope those boys can readjust to flying out of their bat caves and sleeping normal hours again. They both leave for school tomorrow. I have a slightly different attitude about them going this time. I'll miss seeing them, but I'm actually beginning to enjoy my freedom to come and go as I please which will only improve once the weather breaks. Only 69 days till spring!