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That Maine Weather

Posted on February 8, 2016 | Leave a comment

 

 

We have a saying here in Maine, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” Meaning, the weather can be one thing one minute and do a complete 180 the next. That’s kind of how it was this past weekend.

 

Friday, it was in the low 50s (it hit 51º in my corner of Maine which was a state record for this time of year) with sun and no snow at all. That all changed on Saturday.

 

While we didn’t get hit as badly as places a bit south of us (like DC and Boston), we did have some ice and at least six inches to a foot of snow dumped on us in a matter of hours with more predicted in the next few days.

 

So, we went from no snow at all…

 

Snowless Quoddy Trail

 

To a bunch of snow and ice …

 

Icicle in a Pine Tree

 

Gotta love that ever-changing Maine weather.  d_[^_^]

 

 

 

 

Until next time…

 

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~A.M.

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Go Away, Snow…

Posted on April 20, 2015 | Leave a comment

 

According to the calendar it was officially spring last month.  I guess no one told the snow.  There’s still quite a bit of it hanging on in my state, especially on the hiking trails.

 

Last week I went hiking only to encounter this…

 

 

PMWR - Birch Point Trail Snow

 

It may not look like much but this snow was up to my knees.  And it was so soft that even my snowshoes didn’t help.  Crazy, huh?  Snowshoeing in April.

 

But, that same day, I ended up over at the beach near where I live.  It was cold because of the wind, but there wasn’t much snow around and none on the beach itself.  While walking, I met this little guy.  His name is Tuffy (or Toughy, I’m not sure how his owner spells it).  Funny, because he’s not tough at all!  But, he’s cute.

 

Tuffy

 

Hopefully the snow will get the message that it’s spring so I can hike my favorite trails without having to struggle through knee deep snow or use my snowshoes.  It’s mid April for crying out loud!

 

 

 

Until next time…

 

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~A.M.

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April Showers

Posted on April 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

When they said “April showers brings May flowers” I don’t think they were talking about snow. Yet, that’s what we got in my corner of Maine. Not only do we still have a bunch of snow (a few feet in some places), but we received dustings two days in a row over the weekend.

 

The chickadees are annoyed by it, the ravens are annoyed by it, I’m sure all the other wildlife are annoyed by it, and I’m annoyed by it. But what annoys me most about spring isn’t the random snow showers we get (sometimes well into the middle of April), it’s the mud that comes from the snow melting. It makes a few of my favored hiking trails pretty nasty in the spring. Almost impassable actually.

 

But I don’t go by the calendar to judge when spring has arrived. I actually think I mentioned this before, but I say spring is here when the flowers start to bloom and my lawn needs to be mowed for the first time of the year. And, well…we’re not there yet.

 

In the meantime, here’s something funny for you folks to gawk at. I stumbled across this (almost literally) during a hiking trip to Quoddy last month. I should have used my snow shoes. The snow was so deep that it nearly enveloped all the benches along the trailhead. But, someone didn’t let that stop them…

 

 

Butt Print in the snow

 

Until next time…

 


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~A.M.

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