A few moments of snowfall this past week and quite a bit of rain, but the water table is still down and the April showers have been scarce thus far for this month.
There have been grayy skies for most of the past week with fog overhead in Aquinnah for at least three of those days but the forsythia are in bloom.
Daffodils are in full bloom, more songbirds arriving each day, and the herring will be running soon during this long awaited spring.
Spring has truly arrived with the blossoming of daffodils along the byways, the return of osprey to their nests, and the full chorus of pinkletinks.
At last, temperatures are in the mid 50s, more songbirds arrive each day, witch hazel has blossomed — spring has sprung.
The Ides of March have come and gone, leaving us with freezing temperatures once again, a few minutes of snow flurries nearly every day, and awaiting the arrival of spring.