Winter Departs
Got out on the Nashua River yesterday and watched as winter retreated to the north. It was an amicable breakup. The southwest winds that helped in persuading its departure also carried the distant rumblings of an approaching freight train. Following a long build-up CSX locomotive 873 and 2 other locomotives finally appeared and slowly pulled train Q426 across the river and through Still River en route to the Hill Yard in Ayer... Turkeys were out and about... ...as well as white-tailed deer still wearing their dark coats... A fair amount of plastic trash had accumulated behind some of the snags... My re-purposed blue dry bag served in conveying this portion from the river... ...which hardly made a dent. Anyway, spring has sprung!