Great to be home again!

I finished my upland bird hunting season at Libby Camps on Saturday. Luckily my hunter wanted to finish early that afternoon which allowed me to leave by three in the afternoon. The forecast was for snow up there and I am sure that they got some; the precipitation was a mixture of rain and snow as I drove south until Medway. I drove through wind and rain but made it home safe and sound by eight.
 
This morning (after getting up at 4AM, this time change will take some getting used to) I was greeted by a beautiful sunrise out of the kitchen windows, with fog in the valley below the house and clouds out over the salt water to make for a beautiful pink sky to the east. Over the next few weeks the sun rises further toward the south each day, we can plainly see the sunrise over the hills toward Rockland in the winter but it is too far to the east in the summer months.
 
Yesterday was spent clearing my desk and getting ready for the next few days. I have two fishing parties this week but am not sure how well we will do given the high water and cold temperatures after all of that rain. Over the years I have spent time along the shore of Round Pond late in the fall and seen fish splashing on the surface. I am planning to see if they have any interest in lures on Wednesday and flies on Thursday. In between all of this I need to finish stacking this winters wood in the garage. Hopefully it will not snow until I have had a chance to get it stacked in.