Friday, 8:25 am: Spring has sprung, or at least forward elements of it have crept into our lives. The snow is barely registering on our snowstake. The flock of assorted wild birds that normally frequent our feeder are dining al fresco in the woods; no doubt organic and natural. I guess our sunflower seeds are their equivalent of junk food, but they love it. Yesterday on the Trans-Canada Highway we saw a grouse walking along the side of the road. He may have been hitchhiking, but we’re not certain.

As I write today’s blog the temperature has gone up two degrees. Either I am a very slow typist, or the outside is warming quickly. I hope it is the latter. I lost the owner’s manual for my new digital camera. So after telephoning Sony and talking with their friendly telephone representative, and minus $9.88, a new manual is on its way to me. According to my wife, I’d loose my head if it wasn’t screwed on. Hmm!

My ham radio software is working well and I’ve made many CW [Morse Code] contacts. Most people I talk to seem to think Maine ends somewhere just north of Bangor. In the end they take out an atlas and actually look at Maine, and discover there’s life up in the North Woods.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 44° (F.)

Barometer: 30.04 & falling slowly

Humidity: 54%

Winds: SSE at 1 mph

Skies: 100% overcast

Visibility: > 3 miles

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temp: 33.2° (F.) at 5:46 am

High wind: 3 mph at 8:11 am