The freezing wind has gone and the sun is shining in Bagni di Lucca. It is still very cold, but not as bleak as it has been. I walked across the bridge this morning admiring our gorgeous winter day.
As I walked beside the river I heard a cracking sound. Looking down, I discovered it was the ice on the surface of the river cracking as it began to thaw.
I have never seen this on our river before. Normally the water would be a least a metre or more higher than it is, but there has been little rain for a year and the river is very low. As much as it pains me to say this, we need heavy rain for at least a week to set things right. The river should be full and rushing past our bridge, but it has slowed to a trickle.
It doesn’t seem to be bothering the duck and the goose, in fact they probably prefer it.
