3-14-21 VERMONT: Today it’s snowing and has been since sun rise. The sun is out so I’m calling this flurries, but we have about an inch so far. There’s still a lot of old snow looking dirty and grungy that was here when we arrived a few days ago. There’s about two feet around the house, but parts of the pasture are showing grass. Now it all looks pristine again.
The dirt road is deeply rutted and gets soft and wet in the afternoon, but is frozen in the morning, the driveway is the same. We call this Mud Season. The buckets are on the sugar maples and the neighbors are boiling sap.
Next to the foundation on the south side of the house, there has been some melting, and snowdrop shoots are showing. The willow tree branches have that orange color they get in early spring, and maple tree buds are swelling. The plants know spring is out there somewhere, but the ponds are still frozen solid.
The nights are in the teens, temperature wise, but the afternoons are bright and warmish, as we approach the Vernal Equinox.
The feeders have been mobbed by chickadees with a few nuthatches and titmice. A single red squirrel has been on the snow below the feeders eating the spilled seeds.
Lily and Sam have been here for several weeks, both schooling remotely. Today they go to visit Sam’s family in New Hampshire. Last night we all had a take-out feast from Taj-E-India thanks to a gift certificate from Janet and Bill. Thanks, Guys.
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