stick season

Cloudy but warm. I saw a squirrel's nest high in a tree in Shelburne the other day. With the leaves coming off the trees, nests become visible. As often seems to happen when viewing the natural world, once you see one, you start to see them everywhere. Stick season has begun. The ice hockey season has started at Castleton State College. Time to switch from my windbreaker to my winter coat except I couldn't find it. After looking everywhere at home I figured there was only one other place it could be. When visiting the Zen Center I looked in the closet, and sure enough, there it was. I wonder how many months it has been there?