Some days are more interesting than others.

Still above freezing on our morning ramble, and with the recent melt much was revealed; Pax turned the outing into a breakfast walk, finding tasty morsels all over the park. Though I try to discourage such scavenging I usually arrive too late to do any good. Then, our afternoon outing uncharacteristically brought us back to the park, and Pax unerringly retraced his morning steps, but he found little the second time around.

By noon the thermometer had begun a long slide, one that is forecast to bottom out in single digits on Tuesday. The refreeze after the pretty-good melt makes for tricky footing, and it becomes imperative to go where you are watching.

And below is a shot taken before the recent thaw, illustrating, I think, that things have been slightly out of order...

as have the human occupants of this house.