This morning was the first time I heard the robins sing. Granted it was only for a few minutes, the temperature was in the low teens and yesterday was punctuated with snow squalls. But it was unmistakable and a sure sign that warmer days will be here soon. The snow has melted back to the point where I should be able to pull the Lund out of its winter parking spot and take it for the annual checkup. I am hoping that by the time it is finished there will be some open water to use it in.
This week’s project is a new roof on the front of the garage. It has been a great reminder that I am not as young as I used to be. I am sore from climbing ladders and stiff from handling bundles of shingles. When I am finished the roof should be good for another twenty years; of course it will be no fun at all when I am in my seventies!
Yesterday was warm and sunny and we spent a good part of the morning sitting on the deck. After a long winter it felt great to be sitting outside in the sun. Even if the snow was piled high around the deck making, it hard to see over the top of the pile. With the onset of warm weather I have seen several chipmunks out and about having come out of hibernation. Clearly spring is on its way and the next few weeks will bring gradually warming temperatures and thawing ice.
