The return of some old friends

Things are changing quickly in our neck of the woods. The last couple of weeks have marked the return of some of our old friends. The sandhill cranes, robins and red-wing blackbirds have all returned for the season. It's great to see these sure signs of spring in the air!

A beautiful sound

I heard the first return of the geese yesterday afternoon! They were landing in a nearby pond. What a great sound to hear. I thought they'd get a rude awakening this morning as we were supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow overnight and throughout the day. But this morning, we woke up to only 1 inch with the storm retreating the rest of the day. I guess they know what they're doing!

That's my kind record!

Today we're supposed to hit a record high of 55 degrees! After months and weeks of record LOW temperatures, this is exciting news around here. We're all getting spring fever and looking forward to things to come. Last night was the first night in a long time that it didn't dip below freezing. That's really good news for our driveway. Hopefully with the warm weather today and tomorrow we'll get down to gravel.

Next step is getting set-up to start some garden seeds indoors!

Yep...that's cold! But wait...

Last Thursday and Friday we dropped into major subzero low temperatures. On Friday, my work vehicle was saying -30 degrees below zero. Yep...that's cold! Now in a drastic turn of events, by tomorrow (one week later) it's supposed to hit 34 degrees ABOVE zero. Fortunately there haven't been any major snows during this time and it looks like we'll get a break for several days now. But wait...by the weekend, they're predicting highs in the single digits with lows below zero again. This is one winter to remember for sure!