it was snowing. big pillowy flakes. so pretty. that was 7:00 or so this morning. at around 9:00 i heard the arkansas coal miners' voices and the squeals of their fleet of grandchildren. the snow had stopped then. so what produced oohs was a lot of melting white stuff.

so many birds out. a woodpecker picking over the pine. robins. mockingbirds. a pair of winging ducks.