By Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 07:31 am:
Yes, that's right, this is Spring in the Keweenaw. What a difference a day makes. This was the scene in Calumet on Monday, after we were pelted with Spring for 24 hours. Dottie Abe snapped the first two shots, showing the way it was during the deluge of winter's return. That sure is some heavy snow weighing those pine branches down and although it does make for a beautiful photo, it's more appealing in December or January...and I think I speak for most Yoopers on that one. ;->
The bottom two photos, come to us from Bill Haller and give you a glimpse of his visitors in a 72 hour period of time elapsed. Bill wrote:
"Up to eight "girls" returned from their winter bedding grounds on Friday, only to be forced to eat pine needles by Monday. Weather reports say five inches of snow, but we have more like nine. Back to the feed store this morning ..."
It's fun to watch critters come around and figure out how to finagle seeds out of feeders that were meant for the birds. The deer simply tip it until some falls on the ground or they lick at the openings and get a few seeds at a time on their tongue. Poor things have a hard time finding dinner, especially with the fresh snow covering. After all, you can only eat so many pine boughs..."twas a long winter in the Copper Country.
