Its been a pretty crazy spring around here - one day it's sunny, the snow melts, the puddles get bigger and then next day it snows. The following two pictures were taken on the road to the south of me and the road to the west. They were both taken on March 23rd after we had a foot of snow. The water in the second picture is actually flowing over the road but it was still passable. Had the weather continued to stay as warm as it was both these roads would have been flooded out and had that happened it would have meant a couple extra miles for me to get to town. You may have to click on the pictures to see them fully since they are panoramic.
Just to be clear - there normally is absolutely no water during a regular year here and even more amazing, all the water was gone along with the snow in about six days!
Fast forward 14 days....
The bees are flying and the crocus are blooming! Today I sat and watched the bees work their first real flowers of the season (technically the elms and spruces are blooming right now). I sat and watched for a while and they were just going to town on the few flowers that managed to break through the mulch. The picture below made me laugh - the bee was working really hard to get into the flower that hadn't quite opened up yet. It just was neat to see even the bees are fighting for spring to come, it's truly amazing how hard those bees work. Hopefully it isn't a sign that this summer will be a tough one.
