This post is about the final steps to Spring in Vermont:
Mighty Maple, April 25th
Mighty Maple, May 6th
It's easy to see that once it started, the final burst of leaves came very quickly. We have had 2 weeks of glorious, sunny, warm weather day after day. The leaves are fully out, the meadow is green and growing tall, and the sky has been a magnificent blue. Plus its been warm, in the 70's and even a few low 80's. Now we have a spell of rainy, cooler weather coming our way, but we do need the rain to keep everything green, and for the farmers as they start planting their crops. We want that delicious corn on the cob in a few months! This really is a magnificent time of the year up here, and I truly enjoy it. It won't change much in appearance until late September. We will deal with the mosquitoes and flies as summer moves in, and some flowers will come and go, but the green will remain and the sky will be blue on these sunny days, and life is good. Oh, see the posts in the photo above? That fencing is from the cows that were here last year, and they will be back by the end of the month. But we will
And with all this sunny, warm weather, Church Street has come alive, and work has taken on a new atmosphere. The door is propped open, people wander in and out, the smells from the restaurants drift in constantly, and we stand in the doorway watching chair man, egg man and the mountain folks (our nicknames for the street performers.) We had a busy week with Mother's Day shoppers, and the college graduations going on, so its been a lot of fun. Now the tourist season will kick into gear, and we'll have a constant flow of new visitors. All is good and well...
It's easy to see that once it started, the final burst of leaves came very quickly. We have had 2 weeks of glorious, sunny, warm weather day after day. The leaves are fully out, the meadow is green and growing tall, and the sky has been a magnificent blue. Plus its been warm, in the 70's and even a few low 80's. Now we have a spell of rainy, cooler weather coming our way, but we do need the rain to keep everything green, and for the farmers as they start planting their crops. We want that delicious corn on the cob in a few months! This really is a magnificent time of the year up here, and I truly enjoy it. It won't change much in appearance until late September. We will deal with the mosquitoes and flies as summer moves in, and some flowers will come and go, but the green will remain and the sky will be blue on these sunny days, and life is good. Oh, see the posts in the photo above? That fencing is from the cows that were here last year, and they will be back by the end of the month. But we will
get two pregnant ones this year, and their calves will most likely be born here and with us all summer. That will be fun!
And with all this sunny, warm weather, Church Street has come alive, and work has taken on a new atmosphere. The door is propped open, people wander in and out, the smells from the restaurants drift in constantly, and we stand in the doorway watching chair man, egg man and the mountain folks (our nicknames for the street performers.) We had a busy week with Mother's Day shoppers, and the college graduations going on, so its been a lot of fun. Now the tourist season will kick into gear, and we'll have a constant flow of new visitors. All is good and well...
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