Saturday, February 26, 2011

Some Thoughts/ February's Leaving

Some snowy feathers, as the snow begins it's retreat from my deck.




As February winds down and March knocks on the door with a wonderful day approaching, the first day of Spring I thought I'd post a few photos of February closing.

A stream I often fish, locked in snow and ice its wild residents hunkered down dodgeing slushy ice flows, looking foward to skunk cabbage sprouts along its banks, and perhaps a mayfly nymph moving towards the surface.

A bowl of firey hot homemade chili, with warm cornbread.

Moxie, a drink I've enjoyed since I was a kid. I don't think many of you have tried it, but if given the chance, please do. It's a fine beverage to neutralize the heat of the chili

Grilled cheese, thats comfort

And a streamer I designed to comemorate the World Baseball Classic, team USA, 2009. Looking at it and knowing that playball will be heard soon is enough to warm this New Englander.

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14 comments:

  1. dead fisherFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Those streamers should be locked up... they look like real killers!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    Brk Trt,
    Some beautiful flies and food there. That chili and grilled cheese makes my mouth water! Spring is nipping at winters neck. Longer days and rising temperatures, it's all good. And like the skunk cabbage that yearns to sprout along your favorite stream's bank, our soul's begins to awake from hibernation...
    -BT
    http://fishtalesofnewengland.blogspot.com/

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  3. DRYFLYGUYFebruary 26, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    Brk Trt, Moxie? My father still drinks that! It acutally isn't to bad, though like Dr. Pepper, it requires a curtain taste.

    Great looking Food and streamers? I don't know which looks more delicious, the food or the flies.

    Nice stream as well. "It looks like a beauty"

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  4. THE RIVER DAMSELFebruary 26, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    One grilled cheese to go, please! You really need to stop posting these type of pictures...lol. I'm trying to be good!

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  5. Brk TrtFebruary 26, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    John, Thanks. Those colors should wor well at ice out.

    browntrout, Thanks.
    Those longer days, coupled with some strong sunshine, will get a few things sprouting.

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  6. Brk TrtFebruary 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    DRYFLYGUY, Thanks
    Moxie is a great tonic, it also doubles as a weed killer.


    RD, thanks, go ahead have some comfort. You deserve it

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  7. ChrisFebruary 26, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Holy crap... chili, grilled cheese... I'm moving in. Great post.

    Chris

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  8. THE RIVER DAMSELFebruary 26, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    See how Chris is...cutting ahead in the line! Lol.

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  9. JayFebruary 26, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    Moxie must be a regional thing. I'm always on the lookout for unusual beverages, but that's not one I've seen in my part of the country.
    Good streamers, good food, and a good beverage... the only thing you need now is those pleasant spring temps to roll in.

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  10. Brk TrtFebruary 26, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Chris, Thanks

    RD. Lets let him slide this time.

    Jay, Moxie is sold in New England, with Maine being tops.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    Moxie and grilled cheese...almost as good as what I was raised on... Pop Tarts and Tab!
    Does that count for anything???
    -BT

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  12. Brk TrtFebruary 27, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    browntrout, Tab, now thats a drink from the past.

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  13. penbaymanFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:57 AM

    Moxie..an acquired taste..

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  14. Brk TrtFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:15 AM

    penbayman,
    I believe that Maine is number 1 in Moxie sales.
    I love the drink.

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