The New Normal

The west wind brought in a precipitous rise in temperature serious steel grey sky rain clouds and our second February thaw. Almost all the snow vanished overnight leaving brown fields and skeleton maple trees with sap buckets full of rain. I sip the cold water finding just a hint of sweetness and rub the soft fur between the dogs' ears. Then we continue down the concession line but the creeks overflowed the culvert and the road's under a foot of water so we turn back to our warm house and the smell of wood smoke and coffee.