I spoke too soon : - )

I should know better... I wrote that Spring is coming and so instead we had snow, hail, rain, and something akin to rainy slush come down the last few days.... No fun and very cold.

But ski season at some areas will extend well into late Spring as Mt. Hood is still getting FEET of snow!

And we down stream keep our fingers crossed that there is not a quick melt and run-off........

Oh well - I can still sit and look at the Spring blooms and the promise that it will warm up and the sun will again shine....

March

Since living out West - it's hard to gauge the adage: In like a lion; out like a lamb for March.

We had such lamb weather to end February - that the March "lion" only feels cold in comparison.

Trees are beginning to get leaves; my bulbs are blooming and we were all in short sleeves the other day. Today tho is back to heavier sweat shirts and warmer socks : - )

When I was a kid I loved winter, snow and cold. As I got older and had to shovel walks and paths and heat my houses - I began to have a very different take on winter. And living in Vermont for several years sort of filled any desire I ever ever had to have snow around me for long periods of time. It's not just my aging - there are many older than I in northern New England who still shovel all that snow and love the cold.

I have quite readily adapted to a very different climate. Granted I am beginning to dislike the cool damper days - that sort of cold feels colder than the 25 below back east.....but like March lions and lambs, those cool damp days go away...and we get sun and a pretty dry summer.

So here's to March - lions, lambs and all