My LINKcat AccountSo, we had a little cold snap a week ago and a little arctic front came through to drop the temperatures to a chilling day-time high of 20 degrees and now we're back in the mid-to-upper 30s. The weather has been anything but typical of a Wisconsin winter, yet the long-established patterns of nature are persisting. The male cardinals have started singing at first light (which at this time of year is 6:30 a.m. or so), the chickadees have started singing their "phoebe" song which means they're starting to get back in the dating game. The Decorah Eagles - that on-line phenomena which has me keeping a window open on my desktop in case any eagle action occurs. They have been caught on camera making whoopee - so it won't be too long before momma eagle is laying an egg or two or three. I've seen flocks of starlings hanging around, and geese and ducks are flying. As you read this, there is less than two weeks left in February, even with leap day thrown in. And we all know that March puts us on the downhill slope towards Spring. There may be a few snowstorms - sometimes real corkers, usually during the WIAA basketball tournaments-but by March you can almost smell the beginnings of Spring. While you're waiting around for Spring to arrive, we have a lot of interesting and entertaining books for you. If you scroll your eyes further down the page, you will find out what they are. Enjoy!
