Saturday, 7:45 am: We have been up bright and early for the past two hours. I thought Saturday was a day to sleep late; I guess not. Moving right along, we’ve got snow everywhere. The snow is high enough that small wildlife is walking, with ease, across the top of our five foot high fence and into our garden. And because of the large amount of snow with a high moisture content, the NWS predicts localized spring flooding when the snow begins to melt. Of course it has to melt first, and mud season seems light years away.

During the week I had to put on my snowshoes and trudge up the snow bank next to our garage and shovel snow away from the window. It was an odd sight to see me resting my elbow on the edge of the roof trying to sort out which way to throw the snow. At the end of the day the snow was cleared and I was reaching for aspirin. It’s a way to burn off calories, but it’s not my first choice and it’s near the bottom of my list of favorite things to do.

Recently our friends Don and Diane in Saint Agatha drove into Fort Kent for some shopping. Don told us they kept hearing a dog bark while parked at the local drug store. As it turned out the dog was on the roof of a garage next to a nearby house. Apparently the dog would bark a bit, then run and slide down from the roof on the snow and ice and run back up and do it all over again. It sounded like some inspired canine winter fun. This must be a first for me: All three paragraphs are weather-related. I am Charles Ames and I approve this blog.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 16.7° [F.]

Barometer: 29.935 & steady

Humidity: 78%

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: overcast

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 3.8° [F.] at 1:53 am

High wind: None measured