The winter was very slow to start that is for sure. But it did arrive like it always does and we have had our share of cold and snow. In fact we are forecast to have another snowstorm on Friday. But the signs of the coming warm up are unmistakable.
First the trees all have holes in the snow around their trunks. These snow holes are caused by the sun warming the trees enough to melt the snow close by. The second sign is the arrival of the first frost heaves of the spring. For those of you in more mild climates and are unable to enjoy them, they are bumps or dips in the surface of the road that can be quite severe. They are cause by the uneven thawing of the road surface usually caused by a road culvert or sometimes a spring under the road. The third sure sign is specific to those of us that live on dirt roads and that it the mud! Our road has gotten very soft right in front of the house making travel slow and treacherous for our neighbors that must go further up the road.
Finally when Argy and I were at Schoodic Point on Sunday there were robins. I know that they were most likely late migrants from farther north but still seeing one makes me think that spring is not far off. It must be time to get the boat out of the snowbank and take it in for the annual spring overhaul.
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