Tomorrow is the first day of spring although to be honest it feels as if it's been here for awhile.
Everything is 4 - 6 weeks early this year.
There was no snow melt run off since there was no snow to melt.
Our tulips and daffodils are about 8 inches above the ground.
The birds that migrate south have returned. Actually they have been back for about two weeks.
The ice cream truck drove through the neighbourhood for the first time.
This will be a happy thing today and tomorrow as the temperatures are supposed to be as warm as in Cayo Coco, Cuba.
Kids were outside playing well into the evening.
There are insects flying about. we even saw a mosquito.
Today the lawn service showed up for the first treatment of the year.
You may think that this is all normal stuff but it isn't. If we don't get a 10 cm drop of snow in the next 10 days it will be the first time in history that we haven't had at least one 10 cm dump of snow in a winter and the first time we haven't had one after March 17th.
I confess to be conflicted by this. I don't care for winter - I'm happy that spring is here. At the same time I worry about what we have done to the planet to cause weather this mixed!
On Friday my neighbour and I were discussing it (he was out in shorts washing his car) - bill's theory is that the Mayan's were right - the word WILL end on December 21st. He believes that the gods are making these last few months on the planet sweet ones to compensate! Extreme, perhaps . . . but something is amiss.
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