By CDM

In November at the edge of winter’s gate, the chilly journey for all the migrating animals begins.  All the trees are shedding their leaves.  The leaves already on the Earth’s floor allow the critters to hibernate in them. With brutal weather ahead the key to survival is finding the treasures of the woods. Food and shelter is thing all animals must find.  Many animals lie beneath the ground, but still many animals are awake.  The winter is a very powerful season.  Some things may not make it through the winter. Yet the life cycle continues replacing lives. The first snow is spreading fast.   Every animal is getting ready for winter to begin.  Through the deep sleep of winter the creatures dream of; Spring, the singing birds, and the fresh smell of the forest spreading its cheer of the coming season of waking.