3-16-20 VERMONT: We came up yesterday. It was a very fast trip with very little traffic. Southern Vermont has no snow, and Norwich has very little, but here there's still plenty of snow around the house. The far end of the pasture, which faces south and is unshaded, is snow free.
We’re here because we can self-isolate just as well here as in NJ, maybe better. We had small fires in the repaired fireplaces last night. A water system issue will be fixed on Wednesday.
The afternoons are warm, but the nights quite cold, re-freezing everything that melted during the day. It always seems like two steps toward spring and then two steps back to winter this time of the year, but the sun will soon settle the issue as it moves north.
Part of the winter/spring tug-of-war is that the bear are out of hibernation, so I won't fill the bird feeders.
The dogs got muddy yesterday, but today the mud is frozen and they stayed cleaner, to Judy’s delight. The new brook between the new, upper pond and the old, lower pond has thawed and is babbling away.
New blooms: snowdrops.
Snowdrops up in Vermont. This is where we were two weeks ago in Short Hills.
The new brook is babbling from the new, upper pond at the top down to the old pond below the bottom of the picture.
Sweetness happening, the neighbor are boiling maple sap in the sugar shack.
The south-facing, unshaded areas are snow-free, but around the house, we still have the Grand Tetons of Thetford.
Mooselauke still has snow.
The pasture is snow free at the moment, but there could easily be a foot of new snow next week.
Babble watching.
We’re here because we can self-isolate just as well here as in NJ, maybe better. We had small fires in the repaired fireplaces last night. A water system issue will be fixed on Wednesday.
The afternoons are warm, but the nights quite cold, re-freezing everything that melted during the day. It always seems like two steps toward spring and then two steps back to winter this time of the year, but the sun will soon settle the issue as it moves north.
Part of the winter/spring tug-of-war is that the bear are out of hibernation, so I won't fill the bird feeders.
The dogs got muddy yesterday, but today the mud is frozen and they stayed cleaner, to Judy’s delight. The new brook between the new, upper pond and the old, lower pond has thawed and is babbling away.
New blooms: snowdrops.
Snowdrops up in Vermont. This is where we were two weeks ago in Short Hills.
The new brook is babbling from the new, upper pond at the top down to the old pond below the bottom of the picture.
Sweetness happening, the neighbor are boiling maple sap in the sugar shack.
The south-facing, unshaded areas are snow-free, but around the house, we still have the Grand Tetons of Thetford.
Mooselauke still has snow.
The pasture is snow free at the moment, but there could easily be a foot of new snow next week.
Babble watching.
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