not winter

spring making its march north. around the dukedom the crocuses are showing, in the pissoir there is the last mound of snirt where the ploughs piled the snow particularly high.

in sheboygan, there is a debate on whether it is warm enough to eat outside if the warmth of the sun will over power the ambient temperature, if there a place place out of the wind. it is nerve racking time of year as briefly cold and warm intermingle. taking an indirect route back from sheboygan, roads are still empty for although this is the upper midwest and one is used to winter lasting until may, people seem to hunker down rather than go out. being far enough north there is still snow in shaded areas and frozen lakes strong enough for shanties but not for machines. like when it is duckish, the land changes so rapidly that any delay means that potential photographs are lost.

and everything is being delayed. as it is the time of year when although we are supposedly winding down more and more little duties are undermining my attempts to wander - the plan being a race up us 45 to kewaskum then roaming the kettles along state road 67 where the shady side of hills still have remnants of white, there are enough lakes around to find quite a few frozen over and the sun is still low enough in the sky to penetrate forests and façades . heading east via elkhart lake and open fields to sheboygan and then down the frontage roads south. i ma making mental notes on which roads i should take how quickly should i try to make it up fond du lac county and attempt to if not remember the actual attractions at least the route so that i’ll notice them when i see them again. which route has the most abandoned ski-doo signs? the most picturesque snow ponds?

i wonder, if i there is no season mixing, should i continue north until i find some. when should i give up and turn back. enforced procrastination makes me manic.

but it cannot be this week, as i have to prepare for the fact that i have to go into the dukedom for the next five days straight, next week is looking iffy again due to school duties and using my day off to prepare for classes. heading further and further south i can hear the thaw and can for for weather around freezing until i can get back up here.

back in the pissoir the mound of snirt seems markedly smaller.