Spring Arrives (Finally)

The past two weeks have had a major change in the weather. In fact it reached 70 two days last week,  78 one day in Caribou!  As a result we have made a little progress into the new season. The fireplace is cool these days. Louise has found her shorter pants. The garden has been started.

The onions are planted in one of the beds, thanks to our next-door neighbor's generosity.

These lettuce plants look much better as they have been planted in a bed along with some herbs.
Among the spring traditions is checking out the camp. This time there was no snow and the ice was out.

Doesn't that lake look wonderful?

The camp survived the winter and is ready for a cleaning to prepare it for another season. We can't wait to get up there for a few days. The water is turned on and all we need is the time to do it.

On Friday the leaves started to pop out on the trees. We have seen pictures of fiddleheads, but haven't had any yet. It is wonderful to see spring! Here are the tulips outside our door:

And Louise has knit another sweater - one for herself this time. This is number 6 for the year!

May has arrived

May is here! One of the loveliest months of the year has begun. We have a long ways to go to see a normal May! By this time last year we had cool weather plants in the raised beds. This is what they look like today:

We are not going to plant them soon! There is also a pile of snow beside the garage:

The tulips have poked their leaves out, but no blossoms yet:

And in the perennial garden the iris are sending up sprouts:

Perhaps the next time we update the blog we will at least have buds on the trees and green grass. The grass is coming very slowly:

Yesterday we took a break from the County and went to Bangor where Gary picked up his painting of the museum. He had it matted and framed there, and it looks really nice:

He sent the painting of the horses away to be matted and framed this month.