A strange light in the sky !!

When I awoke this morning the neighbors lights were in view, which may not seem at all unusual, except we have had fog for more days than I can remember. When you can see nothing beyond your window, you feel as though you are living alone out here. Today the sun actually came out at daybreak, what a welcome sight to see this unfamiliar light in the sky.
Dwight took his Ranger and his dog, to the river this morning, which is totally overflowing into our pasture, and saw the first swans of the season. They were flying directly over his head as he drove along in the field. He brought the dog home, retrieved his camera and returned to the pasture to see if he can find where the swans might have landed. At this time of year we have literally thousands of waterfowl on our ponds, with the ice jams on the river, the ponds give them a nice place to rest.
I can't believe how fast the snow has melted without the sunshine, as I said above, Dwight was able to get to the river via his Ranger, his goal for the last week. Our normal path is still unavailable but he found an alternate route around the field. After leading a very sedantary life these past few months, we will soon have to go to work.
Can't wait for the pasque flowers, the first prairie flowers of spring, to poke there heads through the ground and bloom their subtle pale blooms-a sure sign that Easter and spring can't be too far away.