Progress of the season

Monday was the first sign of spring I was looking forward to, the last of the ice and snow came off the roof of our addition. We had some water coming in several places inside the mechanical room portion and some dripping in the window frame of the den because of the ice dam on the shallow slope of the roof there. Quite aggravating so I'm glad that issue has gone away. Today was the second sign I've been longing for - temperatures in the 60s! I was able to go for my lunchtime walk without a jacket. The next sign will be the greening of the trees, grasses and such.

During today's walk I passed through Deering Oaks Park where I noticed this (and several other) oak trees, solidly anchored yet leaning over considerably. They never drew my eye to them in the summertime but today with me just beaming as I looked around with a new vision in warmer weather I was seeing more detail and was momentarily taken aback at the sight.

Probably more a sign of the end of winter than a sign of spring came as Carol and I were in the kitchen talking over dessert that some movement in the front yard caught my eye, a deer was browsing on our front yard all of 5 or 6 feet from the house. The doe was skinny and roughed up from the harsh winter. She was in the process of regaining some weight at the expense of our lawn which given her condition is forgivable - this time.