Memorial Day, 10:55 am: I finally managed to cut our front lawn yesterday. Our riding lawnmower needs a little work and is schedule to be picked up tomorrow for repair, so I used our walked-behind power mower. Phew! Talk about a major effort to cut through the overgrown grass. Thankfully our soil and grass have both dried out enough, that I didn’t sink into my ankles, and the grass didn’t clog the mower’s blades.

Our resident population of mosquitoes has returned en masse, together with other winged creatures that are equally annoying. Also four-legged wildlife has returned to our area. Our friends Don and Diane, from Saint Agatha, saw a black bear standing on its hind legs yesterday down our road. It was one of those moments they couldn’t get their camera out fast enough before the bear took off for the safety of the woods.

While driving through Madawaska yesterday we were detoured due to their Memorial Day Parade that was just starting. It was a pleasant reminder to see that people can still take time out of their busy schedules to sit alongside Maine Street in their folding lawn chairs enjoying the festivities, sipping ice-tea, and chatting with friends and family.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 63° (F.)

Barometer: 29.99 & rising slowly

Humidity: 64%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Scattered high clouds

Precipitation: Light sprinkles no measurable amount

Since midnight:

Low temp: 47.1° (F.) at 2:29 am

High wind: 7 mph at 10:39 am