{"id":1240,"date":"2021-03-23T22:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T03:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:16:59","slug":"back-to-cold-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rollingonone.com\/blog\/?p=1240","title":{"rendered":"Back to Cold Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple of weeks ago we set out to walk around Cold Spring Park. It’s just two miles from here, and probably less than a mile around, and sometimes has good birds. We gave up on that walk because there was an icy spot at a hilly part of the trail. It’s been warm enough recently that we were pretty confident the trail would be OK. In fact, the start of the trail seemed better than ever — it looked as though a mini-steamroller had been over it to smooth and pack it down. Better yet, there was a kinglet on a tree near the start. We had left binoculars home and didn’t get to see which kind of kinglet it was, but it was a good bird for the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This pine tree must have fallen recently<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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these snowdrops were probably planted before this area was a park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a sign of spring!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I patched a chipped ceramic bowl yesterday. There was a shard left over that I couldn’t fit in; I thought I knew where it went, but didn’t figure that out until I had glued another piece into place, and then realized that the leftover piece needed to go on first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n