by Susan | Nov 3, 2020 | On the Farm
This isn’t the earliest it’s snowed here in Coastal Maine. We’ve had some white stuff in October too. It’s been less than six months since our last snow. I love all of the seasons and the first snow of the season feels magical. We got about...
by Susan | Nov 3, 2014 | On My Mind
November arrived in a most rude fashion. Our little patch of woods escaped the worst of this first wintry Nor’easter with a few inches of icy, snowy, slushy mess. Just a few miles inland from the coast they’re shoveling out from a foot or more of heavy...
by Susan | Sep 19, 2014 | On the Farm
Summer. Frost. Two words that should not go together. Yet, I look back at last year and I wrote about a summer frost on the 18th. After tossing sheets over all my remaining veggies last night and finding them frozen this morning, I have new motivation to break ground...
by Susan | Apr 16, 2014 | On My Mind
A Robin on a Spring Day. Doesn’t look much like spring, does it? It’s April 16 and mother nature is delivering a sleety, snowy, nasty weather mix that has me dragging my feet heading out the door. And, today of all days, there is a ubiquitous sign of...
by Susan | Apr 1, 2014 | On My Mind
You thought it was spring, didn’t you? April Fools! Mother Nature delivered 8-10 inches of snow/sleet last night. It’s crazy! Happy April!
by Susan | Mar 26, 2014 | On My Mind
I’m not sure these pictures need captions. One week into spring the world outside is raging – snowy, windy, blizzardy. Where art thou, spring?
by Susan | Jan 4, 2014 | Odds and Ends
Knocking down spider webs from the ceiling of the front stoop is really one of that after-thought kind of thing. I don’t put it on my “to do” list. It’s not like I spend any time there – I just pass through, usually in a hurry. The snowy,...
by Susan | Mar 20, 2013 | On My Mind
I woke up on this first morning of spring to a foot of snow. This feels like such a setback after a stretch of sweatshirt weather. Just the other day I noticed my day lilies poking through the ground and the pond was melting around the edges. I was longing to move...
by Susan | Feb 8, 2013 | On My Mind
There’s no way you could have missed the talk of the Nor’easter named Nemo heading toward the Northeast. It seems like every time I turn the news on, the projected snowfall has risen by an inch. Here’s a snapshot to show where we are in this mess. We...
by Susan | Nov 23, 2011 | On My Mind
I’ve been in denial about the coming of winter. I know this is Maine and that I should be grateful for the good weather we have had, but I’m just not ready for winter. Today, mother nature knocked on the door and the time for denial is over. School Snow...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2011 | Ducks
With Hurricane Irene we planned for the worst and ended up with the best. We were on the far eastern edge of the storm and had a short spell of steady rain followed by a very windy night. The power went on and off repeatedly (maybe 25 times?) for hours – the...
