March 25, 2019 Here Come Da Bugs!

Chicken wire did not break,
it just stretched!

Snow is almost gone from
the south slope.

View from the porch
on Sunday.

Friday 3/22. Shoveled more snow and ice away from the porch, then shoveled snow off the stack of large bark pieces and brought several to walk on by the porch as it is getting quite muddy.  JB baked hamburger buns.  They are SO good!

It was another glorious Spring day with a high of 56, but there were dark clouds over the mountain late this afternoon, and by sunset the sky was overcast.

Saturday 3/23. It is 37 this morning and mostly cloudy with a breeze.  But the snow is quickly melting and on our morning walk I could sit on the bench on the south ridge.  The bench we couldn't even locate under the snow a week ago.

When the sun came out, I sat on the porch and finished my coffee.  Mmmmm!  The sky was clear by noon but big dark clouds were moving east on both the south and north horizons.  Our high for the day was 58.

Of course, we are not the only life form to enjoy this warm weather.  The bugs are coming out en force.  Yellow jackets, ants, stink bugs, spiders, moths, flying ants/termites.  Flying, crawling and any other way they can get about.  Saw the first ants today, outside and in the house.  We can only hope for a cold snap to get rid of most of them.

Just for shits and giggles, I tried to see how far I could drive Miss Kitty out.  Not very far.  She belly-panned about four feet from her parking place.  Definitely going to be a while before we get Down There. . .

I also picked up a bucketful of dog poop that is rapidly appearing as the snow melts.  Lovely job.

We are getting pretty low on chocolate.  Going to have to start in on the chocolate chips before long.

Sunday 3/24. It is a dreary morning with a temperature of 36, heavy overcast with a light rain and a breeze.  Supposed to be like this through most of the week.  And we think it's muddy right now.  We may get a lot of reading done this week.  Or maybe I'll start on our Christmas cards.  I have the perfect photos already.

Our little herd of deer visited today, nibbling at re-appearing grass.  It is so relaxing to just sit and watch them.

The rain continued most of the day and we spent most of it inside.  JB did have to go out and put new batteries in the outside half of the weather station, but that was about it.  Our high for the day was 44.  Fog/low clouds began moving in around dinner time.

Monday 3/25. It is 34 this morning and we are still in the fog/low clouds.

Thought for the day: To be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter. . . to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated by a bird's nest or a wildflower in Spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.  John Burroughs