Unflappable...

We had more snow today. We are averaging more than one storm per week. Today's started pre-dawn and dumped more than 8 fluffy inches. At some points, when I looked out the window all I saw was a wall of snow. It was like the house was wrapped in cotton.

We went for a walk- the wind was very cold on my face. There was a red tailed hawk circling the meadow across from us, looking for small dark rodents. Every branch was frosted.
Heading home we saw a large bird winging silently from the pine trees that shelter one of our bird feeding stations. It was a barred owl, hungry and hunting in the light of 3 PM. She flew from the pines to a tall tree at the edge of the meadow and looked at us. Hard.

We looked back and snapped a memory. Plow trucks lumbered by, rumbling. We dashed to get out of their way.

The owl was unflappable.