Spring is in the air .. almost, at least.. It’s prime sugaring time.. nights are still cold.. in the teens or twenties.. but it’s starching to crack freezing by midday.. yesterday morning it was actually in the 40’s. when we got to Bromont..
I spotted this license plate as we were waiting to ross the border back in to the US. Probably not the right place to snap a picture.. but I couldn’t resist.
Woke today to a breezy and relatively warm day.. 30 degrees, windy, sunny with clouds . You could hear birds singing.. not a sound we’ve heard for many months
the yard is about 1/4 free of snow.. but it’s still piled up high in places..
Another sign of spring is the start of Lacrosse season.. That means a bottle drive. Gabe, Will and I spent a couple of hours knocking on doors collecting returnable bottles to help fund the team.. it was like Halloween .. only with bottles. 
We had to turn around in one neighborhood.. the roads were really bad. It’s definitely mud season.. Diane and I went running on Dugway rd. a little later in the afternoon and you could just feel how deep the mud is.. there’s just no bottom. The school buses actually were rerouted yesterday to avoid places where the roads were bad.. Al l the kids on Stage road and notch road had to walk home.. 
All of these were signs of Spring.. but nothing said Spring to me like the sign of Diane’s Daffodil’s deciding to make an early showing.. I loved seeing them pocking up around the snow.. Soon it will be warm and green.. it’s been a nice long winter.. I’m ready..
OK.. that’s it for now ,,, More tomorrow !
note all.. nite sam
-me
ps. Check out the moon tonight..it’s a ‘supermoon’ ! it’s closer than it’s been in 18 years !