<p>When I woke up this morning I took a double-take, “Is that snow?” Indeed it had <a href="/2008/12/21/snow-ski-lake/">snowed</a> <a href="/2008/12/19/farms-walk-snow/">again</a> – our flowers and budding bushes and trees endured another bout of Mother Nature’s confusing spring.</p>

<p>And the snow melts and the winter rains return. Compare the angle of the limbs of the big trees in this photo with the first photo in the previous <a href="/2008/12/21/snow-ski-lake/">post</a> (or mouse-over this photo) – these trees can shoulder a heavy load, until of course they fail and try breaking one of my benches.</p>

<p>As a kid, I fancied myself an Olympic caliber cross-country skier – I wasn’t, but I fancied it anyway. I would sneak out of the house during snow storms to ski at the nearby golf course while pretending I was <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D6133EF932A25751C0A96E948260">Josh Thompson</a>, America’s biathlon hero.</p>

<p>I returned to the Day Road farms last Sunday for my first Farm Walk.</p>

<p>We finally received our <a href="/2008/12/12/moon-weather-winter/">promised</a> snow.</p>