Banquet Table Is Spread Outdoors

Besides great kielbasa and beer 

and crisp, crinkle-cut sweet potato fries,

another reason to drive to the Cedar Tavern

at this time of year

is driving back north and seeing wildlife

out  in the fields.

The sandhill cranes have returned, 

and the deer are finally able to browse

without having to paw through 

a hard crust of snow.