Sunday, March 20, 2011

Return to Adams

This blog is late! We spent 3 1/2 weeks with Eric in Oswego, NY as his taxi drivers while he recovered enough from his ACL knee surgery to drive. We went to four Oswego State Hockey games. Eric was able to join us for the last two games. Lake Ontario never freezes but the ice piles up along the shore (as seen below).

On the last blog we showed the various birds that frequented Eric's feeders. The last week we saw a fox in his yard and two more on the road. Deer started to visit the yard. One afternoon 13 deer were visiting in the back yard. Many of them came within 10 feet of the house.
We arrived home to as much snow on the ground as when we left for New York on the 8th.(Picture below). In the two weeks since we have been home, most of the snow has melted. We got to the University of New Hampshire for the Hockey East league quarterfinals. UNH beat the University of Vermont which got them to the simi-finals at Boston Garden, where they lost to Merrimack College. Now it is on to Manchester, NH where UNH will play Miami of Ohio in the NCAA quarterfinals.

We have been visited by the turkeys in the back yard around the bird feeders. They were not around all winter, but as the snow is melting they have arrived and we enjoy watching their behavior. As many as 16 turkeys have been together. Some of the males are flaring their tails and strutting around. We can finally see the ground. The daffodils are emerging, but guess what? Now that spring is here, the weather forecast for Monday is snow!