Spring Snow

Some folk have wondered why so many Vermonters still have Christmas wreaths hanging when spring arrives. It's because we either can't reach them without climbing over mountains of snow, or it's too darn cold to spend time outside taking them down. There are actually 2 marble steps at the front door. For some winters the path has gotten so high that we step down to enter the house.

To the right of the front door is a shed roof we put up every fall and remove in the spring. It keeps all of that snow off the large rhododendron bush. It's also a great place to leave the shovel and snow rake.

My bedroom window is on the right. I don't worry about pulling the shade down for privacy during snow season, though the dogs sometimes walk along there and peek in to see what I'm doing.

Almost a month later the beaver are swimming through thin ice as they begin repairing winter's damage.

Things are looking pretty good. The three ponds we created last summer have filled. The water is moving from pond to pond and eventually drains into the beaver pond in the background. It isn't moving along the path Jeb planned so he'll be back when the ground is dry to tweak the project.

Meanwhile, it just might be time to take snow tires off the car. I made a date with the local garage and...

that morning I woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground! I had the garage put on my summer tires anyway. By the time I got home that afternoon, most of this snow had melted.