Before the Big Freeze

 

The declaration of an early spring was made yesterday by our Massachusetts official groundhog, Ms. G, at 10 am under cloudy skies at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA.  I waited until high noon and welcomed  shadows galore on the Nashua River in Harvard, MA... 

Rounded up the following trash in a 1 mile stretch upstream from the boat launch...

The 113 nip bottles confirmed the day to be a little on the nippy side.    Despite the impending Artic Blast it's comforting to know there's only 26 days until the arrival of meteorological spring.