Volume 12 , Issue 11

Duchess Snowy Domain

In the last few weeks while the snow was slowly melting on the slope in our backyard, a murder of crows were gathering -- looking for seeds and the like.

Lots of other things have happened this weekend ? some earlier than usual! We sprang our clocks ahead an hour, except for the Arizonians that do not participate in the "Daylight Savings Time."

The implementation of Daylight Saving Time has been fraught with controversy since Benjamin Franklin conceived of the idea. I know the main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) is to make better use of daylight. What would happen if we just did away with the whole Daylight Savings Time thing (DST)? Would the World fall apart?

They say the primary reason that Daylight Saving Time is a part of many societies is simply because people like to enjoy long summer evenings, and that reasons such as energy conservation are merely rationalizations.

With Daylight Savings Time and the Ides of March, how did the second Sunday and Monday of March 2010 fall upon you?

As we sprang ahead an hour this Sunday, March 14, 2010) here in Southwest Colorado, North of Bayfield, we were met with a cloudy, cold, wet, snow showers most of the morning and into the afternoon.

As we awoke Monday, on the Ides of March, Monday, our 2010 turned into a cool, sunshining day with temperatures in the low 40's degrees as the snow from the day before was slowly melting all around us. We did get the high snow piles shoveled off the back patio, but we still have our high mounds of shoveled rooftop snows piled strategically in several places beside our home. AND ? Sadie the Pug has been able to chase up the backyard slope to scamper the Albert Squirrel up a tree or two.

This Duchess Pug hates getting her paws in the snow, muddy puddles and being snowed upon her body and head. Anyone got an old overcoat to lay across the puddles?
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