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| Me at mid-point of quick late afternoon bike ride on St. Patrick's Day--pause at MMU campus. |
And what a dusting it turned out to be. I went to bed early—a young grandson was staying overnight—and woke up to a suddenly white world, coated with about 2 inches of fluffy white snow.
In October it would have been delightful. Frankly, in March it was still pretty, but we’re kind of over snow, now.
Still, it’s mid-March. The cold of winter is slowly breaking. Snow fell Saturday night. My plan for Sunday was to ride a bicycle downtown to check out the big St. Patrick’s Parade—the SaPaDaPaSo Parade—in Cedar Rapids.
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| Saw this eagle (above and below) Friday on bike ride home. Went down the trail to Cedar Lake. |
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| Birds and ice on Cedar Lake. |
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| It's still cold in Iowa--lows in the 20s Fahrenheit, and, if we are lucky, a high around 40. Warmer weather is coming this week, but despite the chill in the air, the sun is warming the earth and some things are coming to life. The asphalt of the Cedar River Trail was warm enough for this guy to be out crawling around. |
Well, you know what they say about best laid plans. What with church, lunch out with family, snow, etc., I ran out of time and ended up driving down to the parade. But by late afternoon, the morning snow was just a memory, melted away by the March sun, and I took the road bike out for a quick ride.
I went to campus and back because I didn’t have more than an hour for a ride. But Friday, on the way home, I had taken the time to ride down to Cedar Lake—and enjoyed seeing an eagle there on a pretty, partly cloudy afternoon.
Snow—it fell. But it melted. And the riding rolls on.
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| On the way home Friday--had to walk a for a while behind Harding Middle School. Spent milkweed (below) in creek bed behind school. |
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| Pretty spring afternoon on Friday, two views of the sky on the ride home. |
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