Spring snow

Contrary to my expectations we did get some snow today--mostly air snow. During our South Hill walk we saw thick flakes looking beautiful against the bright green leaves where they landed. After a lot (say two months) of warmer than usual weather, the Canadian air has blown us some very chilly, gray weather. Gray because of the lake-effect snow and rain showers and cloudiness. The cold winds blowing over the slightly warmer lake water are picking up a lot of moisture. Our good old Great Lakes.

The high winds brought down some good-sized maple branches in the neighborhood last night and today. When we returned after watching a sneak preview of a 1993 Cornell graduate's movie, Easy A, last night, we discovered that the wind had taken out the top of our Norway maple in the side yard and deposited it on Water Street. We got a goodly amount of firewood out of the deal--sawing away with our bow saws like little beavers chewing up wood. Then tonight just before dark I discovered a large sugar maple branch downed by the wind and harvested more firewood from it. Nothing like a good windstorm to replenish our supplies. A year or so drying under the back porch will turn it into prime firewood.