Specks of Green

We basked in the sunlight most of the day. Cleared some fallen trees from around the pond to use as firewood next season. My husband spotted our resident otter, but he had vanished underneath some remaining ice on the pond before I could see him. The forest and pond are beginning to come alive again...we can see bits of green here and there amidst patches of crusty snow. No bugs...our favorite time...in between the cold of winter and the swelter of late spring and summer.