Mud Season.

4-12-14 VERMONT: The opera was great the other night. For Ron and Bebe, it was their first at the Met, and they loved it. For us, it had been several years since we last heard La Bohème, and we liked this production, especially the second and third act sets. This group of young singers is excellent.

We came up to Vermont yesterday with Lily hitching a ride on her way back to school. Spring is a long ways away from here. We have tons of snow around the house and still have huge piles under the eaves. The pasture is almost clear because it gets more sun and faces south. The pond has a couple open spots, but is mostly frozen. Today is sunny, breezy and in the sixties. Some of this snow will last until May.

The road and driveway are muddy bogs. All the streams are bank-full and roaring. There is a flood watch for the area.

We had a lively dinner at Anne and Roger’s last night, also there were Brooke and Jim, Laura-Beth and Denny and Arnie and Phyllis. We worked on the world’s problems.


Plenty of snow here.

The pond is still frozen, and all the gardens are under snow pack.

Gus loves mud.

The pasture gets more sun and faces south and always melts out first. That little pond is ice free.

These snowdrops shelter against the south side of the foundation.