On my walk this afternoon I noticed the first pussy willows on the side of the road. I’m sure that there are others around that started earlier but they are the first for me this year. The ice on the ponds is beginning to darken as t prepares to leave every so slowly. In fact this early spring comes slowly still. Saturday night we had one of those wet snows that for the most part melts as fast as it falls. When I got up this morning everything was coated with white frosting and fog hung in the air. Bt 8AM most of the new snow was gone with the warming day.
The first official day of spring we were greeted with a fresh covering of snow maybe three or four inches. Not a big deal but enough to remind us that winter is not going to give up easily. The next morning temperatures were in the teens with a stiff northwest breeze. The high for the day was only in the twenties.
Last week we flew down to New York City so that my son could visit a few colleges that he has on his list. It was an adventure from beginning to end. We made it down without a hitch including the taxi ride to the hotel. He and I visited a total of three colleges and saw quite a range in the quality of presentations. It made me wonder why if you were in the business of selling the opportunity to attend your institution you would turn that task over to a student with only a passing knowledge of the place and not much more interest.
