Another chilly morning here in Belle River but the sun is shining and the wind seems to have stoopped blowing, thank goodness. The Belle River bridge has once again dropped quite low to the point of being a very careful crossing if you’re in a small car like mine. The DOTD has removed the big lighted caution signs, so just be careful if you come this way. With the wind stopping, I suspect the river will rise a little. Makes me wonder if anybody has figured out how to deal with this situation in the future because I think this same scenario will happen again.
And I have to tell you, yesterday I heard the chirp of one Purple Martin by the bird house on the dock. I usually take that house down every winter and clean it but did not do that this year. Maybe it’s just as well. I’d forgotten that February is the time that the Purple Martin scouts come back so I’m glad their house was ready, not clean, but ready. And as I write I can hear them out on the house again.
With a steady and cold wind blowing the past few days, I haven’t been on the levee. I actually went to the Belle River boat landing and hunkered against one of the big Awapaho dumpsters, south side, just to get out of the wind. Not much boat traffic at the landing but I think I’m hearing that crawfishing is beginning a little. Not much.
