23
Feb 2009
Well, my daydreams of spring came to an abrupt end this morning as I opened the curtains. The ground (and consequently my decks) were blanketed with about 20″ or more of wind-blown snow! In some places it was more like three feet b
ecause strong winds during the night had caused huge drifts. DARN…I so want to see spring!
WLBZ news center had the snow totals for many parts of Maine tonight. I have shown a photo that I took of the TV. We are approximately fifteen miles from Dover Foxcroft.
As you might imagine, we spent the day cleaning snow. I cleaned the decks and hubby hurried to snow-blow around all the buildings before the snow plow guy came. The plow man can do a much better job for us is we run the snowblower before he gets here. After all the plop, plop of falling snow from the roof that we heard yesterday, one side of our roof had about a five foot drift in the valley so after cleaning the deck, I had to use the roof rake to take part of that drift off. For those of you that don’t live in snow country, snow—especially the wet sticky stuff like we had last night is extremely heavy and has been known to collapse roofs because of the weight. Needless to say, most of us are quick to get the roof rake out after a storm like this one. 
I have shown a photo of our house from the back. Note that the snow is piled up to the deck in places from us shoveling it off. Our decks are over eight feet high. The path is what we use to get to where we feed the deer. It was about to my hips today.
I am so ready for spring. Spring will come a bit earlier for me this year. On March 12th hubby and I are heading south for a month. Hopefully, by the time we get home, the snow will be gone. Oh yeah…then comes mud season (sigh).
22
Feb 2009
I know that it is still winter here in Maine but I am getting soooo tired of snow! We had a beautiful sunny day yesterday and today for most of the day, the sun was shining again. When I looked at the thermometer earlier, it was over 4o°. The snow was plop, plop, plopping off of our metal roof as it continued to soak up the rays and release the snow that is piled up there. Some warm days, it is more like an avalanche but today we mostly heard the occasional plop as bits of hardened snow hit the ground or the decks. The thoughts of spring tease us on days like these. My thoughts turn to green grass, peepers and flowers. Well mine do but I have to admit that there are a whole lot of folks that ski and snowmobile that are cheering the coming storm.
The weatherman tells us that we had better not get used to this lovely weather because it is just a brief reprieve. A “nor’easter” is bearing down on us, and even as I write this, the sky is getting darker and temperature is starting to drop. We are told by tomorrow at this time we can expect to be buried under another twelve to twenty inches of snow—sigh!!
For the rest of today, I will surround myself with flowers. I have Webshots on my computer and I’ve turned off all of tho
se wintry photo’s that seemed so apropos last November right up until now. Today, I am changing my Webshots so that the photo’s that show up on my computer screen are flowers, birds, and gardens. I am going to review the gardening catalogs and magazines from last summer. I found this great photo in a gardening magazine and I will imagine myself walking through this beautiful garden.
For tonight, I will think green…gardens, grass, birds singing. Tomorrow, back to reality…I will probably be shoveling a foot or more of snow from the decks. Just a few weeks until we leave for Florida.
18
Feb 2009
I took a trip down Route 95 yesterday to visit our daughter in Lisbon, Maine, about a hundred miles from my home. Our granddaughter is staying with her for the week of school vacation and it was a bonus to be able to visit with both of them. It was a beautiful sunny, warm day that makes one think that spring can’t be too far away.
Lisbon is a small community that is centrally located between the Lewiston/Auburn area and the Topsham/Brunswick area.
As I traveled south on 95, I kept a close watch on all of the many osprey nests that are built on the utility poles along the way. I knew it was still winter and that I wouldn’t see any, but sighting one is a sure sign that spring is here, so I kept looking and hoping.
We had an enjoyable “girls” afternoon out. We did a little shopping and then had a late lunch at Taco Bell (a favorite with the granddaughter but not necessarily with her Aunt or Grammy 
). Returning to daughter’s home, I gave the video game a try and failed miserably. My reflexes aren’t quite what 
they used to be. Granddaughter, however, has great reflexes and plays the game with ease!
Then it was back home for me. As I passed through the corn and potato fields between Corinna and Corinth, the sun setting behind me turned everything to an orangey-red glow. It was a wonderful way to spend a winter day that had just a touch of spring in the air. Thanks Kendra and Tracey for making this day even more special.
ecause strong winds during the night had caused huge drifts. DARN…I so want to see spring!
