It has not been what I would consider a very hard winter, it has been cold and a bit snowy but the snow was not nearly as heavy as I remember it being as a child growing up in West Bountiful, Utah. I don't know if it is because we are in a location of the valley less snowy or if my perception is off. Anyway we saw the first signs of spring approaching... Ducks!!! We saw these two hanging around in the fall. Well I'm not sure it was these two exactly, they look the same to me, it is hard to tell the difference me not being a duck and all... Looks like they made it back safely.