Watertown, NY, USA . "Public Square" (vintage, date unknown) but the monument is honoring veterans of the American Civil War so the date of the image is late 1800s

Friday, February 23, 2018

(3:57 PM UTC-5)
(+39*F...light rain)
(Choral Music for Lent)
  I don't practice "Lent"..but this music is my "cup of tea" mostly early music....composers Tallis and Byrd among others....quite enjoyable....
  There was a brake in the weather and I took a quick walk.....thought that I may be able to use  the   "short cut".....wasn't really open but decided rather then go all the way around to "bushwhack" through maybe 30 fleet of a thicket.....not a wise choice in retrospect....but did survive undamaged...but not a choice I'd make again anytime soon.....or ever again for that matter......
  On my way between stops past by one of the ponds that I spend time watching during the spring and early summer.....usually an assortment of waterfowl.....nothing and was thinking well you thought it might be too early..and then from overhead  heard a familiar sound...looked up and there was a flight of 4 geese going somewhere in a hurry....and honking all the way.....some people think that the robin is the harbinger of spring.but up here I do believe that it's is the first spotting of Canada Geese.....by the by the American Robin is not actually a robin, but a variety of thrush......when the settlers came to america...they saw a bird with a red/orange breast which resembled the European Robin.....therefore the American Robin..but if you check the "plumbing"......the two species are but distant relatives..... 

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