“The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
The snow showers will start tonight but will turn to rain here on the cape. The rain will continue into tomorrow, a warm tomorrow in the 40’s. Over an inch of rain is predicted.
The birds were many at the feeders this morning. The two goldfinches from yesterday brought a friend. Mr. Cardinal joined his wife. A robin dropped by, the first time here. The stalwarts, the usual birds, were in and out, chickadees, nuthatches and titmice. I noticed a couple of the feeders need to be filled. I put that on the to do list.
When I was young, I saw the magic. I saw the field below my house bright with blinking fireflies. I’d check out the man in the moon. I swear he had two expressions. He was either smiling or open mouthed as if surprised. I saw the shapes of the snowflakes and sometimes stood outside to catch them on my tongue. My face would get a layer of snow. I always wondered how there could be so many flakes all different in shape. Jumping over the double O railroad ties saved my mother from a broken back. I wasn’t really sure about that one, but I didn’t want to tempt fate so I jumped. My mother never did get a broken back. Coincidence? I didn’t think so. On one trip to Boston, my father bought peanuts for us to give to the squirrels. Back then they hadn’t yet become the spawns of Satan. I remember being surrounded by squirrels who knew I had peanuts, a bit of squirrel telepathy. They’d stand on their back feet to get closer to me. They took the peanuts right out of my hand. How could that be?
When I got older, I was so busy I didn’t take the time to see the magic, even forgot about it though it still surrounded me. I remember it all came back one night when I sat on my new deck. My backyard had fireflies. I saw the blinking. I saw the magic.
The magic is all around me again. When it snows, I turn on the back light so I can watch the flakes fall. I am still amazed. The fireflies come back every summer. I sit on the deck and follow them with my eyes. I love light rides at Christmas. I ooh and ahh. I think the man in the moon is mostly smiling. He knows I found the magic again.
Explore posts in the same categories: Musings
keepthecoffeecoming.blog 
February 15, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Hi Kat,
Today I took my daughter to our local park where she loves to swing. It was a clear afternoon with the high temperature of 71°. The weatherman on TV last night said that a cold front would come through at three o’clock. It’s magic, at lest to me, that our weather prognosticators can so accurately predict the weather. At about 3:15 the wind picked up from the north signaling that the front had passed through.
Magic is all around us, if you just know where to look. Although it’s science but sometimes the magic shines through. When NASA launched the James Wood telescope a few years ago, the photos sent back were magical as well as Scientific.
February 15, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Hi Bob,
Right now it is snowing, and it started around the time predicted. That too surprises me. My Alexa makes me chuckle. She’ll say something like the snow will start at 11:18 PM. The snow will change to rain in the morning. We are supposed to get an inch of rain. It will be in the high 40’s tomorrow then the cold comes. It will be in the low teens most nights and the 20’s most days.
I read a quote which said science is magic. I figure as science began to evolve people could easily think it is magic.
I know the world is filled with magic. I have seen it.
February 15, 2025 at 11:33 pm
Well the cold front that arrived this afternoon will lower the temperature in the morning below freezing. But the coldest air of the year is headed our way next week. By Wednesday morning we could be in the teens with a slight chance of a light freezing mix. It’s going to be the coldest air of the winter.
I can remember when the TV weatherman received the first weather radar. I remember watching the, “Chief Meteorologist, Harold Taft, on channel five in the late 1950s. Those weatherman were still drawing the weather maps on TV by hand. One can easily see how today’s TV weather shows seem magical.
February 16, 2025 at 10:39 am
Bob,
We are forecasted to have similar weather this week. It will also be freezing here with the nights down to as low as 10° . Today is warm. My world is slushy after a little snow and now lots of rain.