Spring back on track !!

Spring flowers now into the next stages.  Trees are leafing out and tree frogs making lots of noise at night ...

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Hail Storm Hits Meadows of Dan !!

Wow !!  It was quite a spectacle.  Weather can certainly be interesting -- even when it does cause inconvenience and damage.  We temporarily mourn our lost spring flowers, but there will no doubt be more as the season progresses...

Spring continues...

Spring is busting out all over !!

You first sense it with the morning light, smell it in the dew, and hear it in the bird songs. Then see it in the flowers.   Daffodils in bloom and forsythia just starting.  Maples beginning to flower and tree buds swelling.  Spring is happening fast !!

Morning Light

February Snow

... It was nice to get a bit of "seasonable weather" the other day -- a short, benevolent winter snowfall of about 3-4 inches on Sunday, February 19th....

...  The next morning we had glorious sunshine and about a half day to play and explore the property before the major melt set in...

... Now we're back to our "unseasonably early springtime conditions" -- but no complaints about that either...

An Early Spring !!

Sure signs of an unusally early spring up here on the mountaintop.  While snowdrops have been blooming since January -- we just spotted the first crocus and daffodil blossoms in the warm sunshine spots.

Winter Hoar Frost

... Certainly we've been having a mild and bland winter this year -- but there are surprising little weather episodes of real delight -- such as the beautiful "hoar frost" on the morning of January 22nd.   Wherever we wandered, the eye was entertained....

With the cold temperatures, the effects lasted throughout the day, but then with a warming spell that evening, it all melted as a "delayed rain."