Promise Acre: Our Journey

[Ridgetop]

Not everybody likes the same things. There may be some sad souls out there that think we are strange for our obsession with our livestock!

Pour deranged beings. We can only pity them.

 

[Bruce]

Richie says that Spring is coming!

Richie apparently didn't check with Phil the groundhog!

 

[promiseacres]

Richie apparently didn't check with Phil the groundhog!

We're seeing robins this week.... yes they're predicting more below 0's.... but hey the critters do seem to know "things" so am hopeful.

 

[Bruce]

No robins here but I saw a couple of blue jays this morning. More interesting was the Pileated woodpecker across the road Tuesday. Don't see them very often. Those things are BIG!

 

[Baymule]

We have pileated woodpeckers here too, I love hearing their call.

 

[Mike CHS]

We had Robins show up one day last week but then no sign of them so that may not be a good sign.

 

[promiseacres]

Am watching for the red wing blackbirds they are a definite sign. We do have a few Robins who stay all year.

 

[Bruce]

We had early robins last year. Like PA, the redwings are a sure sign of spring, then come the swallows

 

[promiseacres]

In case you're wondering what hiking in February in Indiana looks like. The SP rents out spikes for your boots, otherwise we would have had a few issues as steps down to cross the river were covered in a slanty mix of snow and ice. DH loved the spikes so much he wants to buy us a couple of pairs. This was Turkey Run SP, where much of your hiking is in ravines and gullies (lots of up and down) So neat to be hiking above the water, which was covered by ice. Though was melting as we hiked. It was mid 30's on our hike, which felt like a heat wave to us after the last 3 weeks when we barely saw 20. My waterproof ariats did the job of keeping my feet dry despite some slushy areas. I was tired though, we hiked around 5 miles in about 4 hours. Not a great rate but we were enjoying the quiet of the woods (didn't see anyone else for 3 hours!)

 

[thistlebloom]

Beautiful! What a great time together and what cute couple you are!

We use Stabil-icers, if you want to check them out before you commit to buying a pair.
I use a kicksled in the winter and was having trouble finding over the boot cleats that wouldn't roll off my foot when I pushed off.