February thaw

February 8.

Rain, rain, rain, carrying off the snow and leaving a foundation of ice.

The wind southeasterly.

H. D. Thoreau, Journal, February 8, 1854

Rain, rain, rain, carrying off the snow .See February 8, 1852 ("Night before last, our first rain for a long time; this afternoon, the first crust to walk on."); February 8, 1856 ("The snow is soft, and the eaves begin to run as not for many weeks."); February 8, 1857 ("The snow is gone off very rapidly in the night, and much of the earth is bare, and the ground partially thawed. ")

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau, February 8

A Book of the Seasons,  by Henry Thoreau

 "A book, each page written in its own season, 

out-of-doors, in its own locality."

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