[High On Octane]

We got another 3" in Denver too last night.  I think it's supposed to hit 40 tomorrow, but doesn't sound like it is warming up any time soon.  Normally when it snows here it is melted 2-3 days later, but it is sticking around for a few weeks this time I guess.

[mattsz]

Well, then, Scottie... we expect some new snow-riding videos soon!

[High On Octane]

If I get home at a descent time I'll see if she'll fire up. 

[High On Octane]

Alright Matt, she's warning up!  And I am BUNDLED up! 

[mattsz]

[mattsz]

31℉ today, but sunny, and I'm off work today so I'm thinking about un-winterizing my bike, just so I can say I'm on the road by April, which is my arbitrary ultimatum.

Snow is still deep in spots; I pruned two of my four backyard apple trees a couple weeks ago in half the usual time because I didn't need a ladder; the four- to five-foot deep snow drifts held my weight and made the job quick and easy!

On the sunny side of the house, there's still plenty of carnage:





But wait... what's that?  Zoom in a bit closer...





Not quite sure... closer...



Ha!  First crocus of the year...     Won't be long now, folks...

[High On Octane]

I see dirt and grass!!!   

[mattsz]

I see dirt and grass!!!   

That you do, son!  Actually, whatever green you see in those photos is spring flowers coming up.  There's exposed grass near the driveway, but it's all still brown and ugly.

Anyone who chooses to move to Maine this time of year is truly a glass-half-full type of person, because it sure is ugly.  Brown snow, brown vegetation, thick brown mud everywhere...  Soon enough, though, the color will return!

[heloego]

And when it does.................
DIG IT!

[mattsz]

Remember all that pissin' and moanin' about the snow and cold?  Well, its still a few weeks early, but... it's payback time!

My wife picking blueberries:



A small but tasty haul!

[High On Octane]

Nice!  I've actually been eating blueberries all week. 

[pmanaz1973]

Huckleberries are in full swing up here in northeast Washington- kind of a kissing cousin to the blueberry, but only grows in the Pacific Northwest and bits of Montana - at least that is what they tell me.  We had such a mild winter that the berries are a little stressed for water, so some are a bit undersized.  Nature and her bounty is a good, good thing. 

I smell blueberry pancakes an I'm not even there!!!

[mattsz]

The weather thread!

And yes, we dodged another bullet here in Maine...

Stay safe, everyone in the mid-atlantic getting smacked by this storm!

[The Old Coot]

Didn't dodge nothing! I sat here and it just flat out miss us to the south by a 100 miles!