Mrs. Pottersblog visits nature

Here at the north pole you will notice a complete lack of snow. We have had a nice green and brown Christmas, little flowers still blooming. Mrs. Pottersblog and I went to Buttermilk Falls today in Ithaca. We did not swim today, but in six short months or less, maybe much less, we could swim in the falls. Ithaca is interesting. Here is this huge and spectacular state park in the city limits, but you get the feeling that until recently it felt like country, now Home Depot and Walmart are across the street!