The Last Windrow: Small signs of winter's end appear

The Last Windrow: Small signs of winter's end appear

Four drake mallards carooned in front of my ice-ladened pickup a few days ago. They evidently were spooked from the small piece of open water below the dam in our town.  I decided that occurrence was my first sign of spring.   After enduring the bottom of the bucket temperatures in my neck of the woods over the past month, there are subtle signs that we have turned the corner on our winter.  Some ice fishing houses are or have been removed from …