Visitor

A little bird dropped by. Plump little fellow--looks like a black-capped chickadee. We don't usually find them on the sunporch windowsills.

May Flowers?

Yet another record-breaking storm! I finished installing the new bathroom sink (and I must say, it was brutal. It is hard to believe anyone who has ever installed a sink had anything to do with either the vanity or the tapset. Madness!), and then went to the village. The roads were at their worst--I don't think they were ever this bad in January or February. I saw several sets of skid marks leading to the ditch, and even a street sign that had been knocked down--it was propped up against a power pole.

Brief Respite

It really looks as though we could have an early Spring--the snow has retreated so much that you can see the debris we hurled out of the bathroom window during the renovation! Overall, we have received relatively little snow; it is pretty thin on the ground in the woods. I recall that the first few years here (about 23 years ago now) were quite dry, so much so that our well pump was always on the verge of sucking air. Perhaps we are in for another hot, dry summer.