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But not forgotten. Because the cylindrical, one-pound containers
reminders linger on. of table salt, loosely wrapped in a
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the heavy garden shovel that’s still
kicking around in there.
Every time I load groceries in
the truck, or haul recycling mater
ials to the township building, I
mentally remind myself to remove
this residue of winter. Normally, I
haul a container of bulk rock salt
around with me through the cold
months along with a shovel,
equipment stashed against the
possibility of having to shovel out
of a snowbank somewhere.
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weight in gold along about Febru
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kind available one particular day I'
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sweat-inducing weather.
Another lingering remem
brance is the pile of gravel swept
from the garage floor and the
blacktop surrounding it. After
sweeping up the collection of tiny
stones and dust late one recent
evening and not having figured
out where to most usefully deposit
it other than outside the door, I’ve
since stumbled through it a couple
of times.
Maybe the township road crew
would like it back for reuse again
next year.
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into place and only needs some
minor, finish-up repairs. One
small section of ceiling in the calf
nursery still droops a bit from
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where snowmelt came through,
another lingering remembrance.
When the water pipes in the old
bank barn froze up. The Farmer
substituted large tubs and hoses.
Short a tub for a pen of young
steers, he devised one by chain
sawing off a section of a large,
plastic barrel. After the fountains
thawed, the white plastic tub was
abandoned outside the pen.
After coveting that tub for sev
eral weeks, I finally scrubbed the
cattle “residue” from it, filled it
with soil and planted it with red
impatiens. A matching one for the
other side of the front porch would
be nice, but there must be some
easier way to get one than repeat
ing last winter.
A glance over the countryside
now belies the barren, bitter cold
ness that enveloped it just weeks
ago. Mother Nature has recovered
nicely from her seasonal
extremes, though she’s been a
mite stingy lately with her
moisture.
Barley is nearly ripe, alfalfa
greening back up for second
cutting hay and corn stretching out
to shade the bare ground beneath.
Trees and bushes are re-leafing
branches burnt bare by icy, drying
winds and deep-freeze chills. An
old hedge growing near the back
porch looks scruffy on top, but is
pushing more green sprouts from
the ground than usual.
And the roses I feared were his
tory instead look healthier than
they have for a couple of years,
sending up thick new canes from
rootstocks insulated by the deep
snow.
Fading into the fuzziness of
memory, winter will long be
remembered for its fury, its
intenseness, its seemingly-endless
duration. Building repairs,
regrowing shrubbery, lingering
accumulations of gravel and salt
killed lawns and orchard
friends with precious little harvest
to look forward to - linger on.
Winter. Wiped out by the lush
loveliness of June.
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