Sunday: 8:15 am: We are about two-thirds of the way through April and here in Terra Incognita [a.k.a. northern Maine] most of the snow has melted. At our snow stake it is barely covering one inch. Of course the snow banks are still quite high. I had to adjust the gate on our fence because one of our dogs, Sandy, managed to wiggle her way under it and have a great adventure in the woods and come home covered in mud. Then again, I was covered in mud going to get her back home.

This season's first robin by our window

The NWS is still warning about the possibility of flooding along the Aroostook River. Ice-jams are working their way downstream and causing the river to overflow its banks. Closer to home, at the moment, the Saint John River doesn’t seem to have any built-up ice, just chunks of it floating by. But that is here in Grand Isle; maybe further downstream the situation is different and maybe upstream it hasn’t broken loose yet.

It is also warm enough now that we have our windows open throughout the day and I’ve packed away my longjohns. We’ve also exchanged our snow tires for our summer tires. Now that we’ve done this I’m sure we will have a last minute spring snow storm and throw a wrench into the whole mess. Ah, April, April macht was er will! Pardon my French, but it’s German. Now it’s time to put on a CD and rock my world. Ciao.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage Pro:

Temperature: 39° [F.]

Barometer: 30.310 & rising slowly

Wind: Calm

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Scattered high cloudiness

Precipitation: None

Since midnight

Low temperature: 30.8° [F.] at 5:54 am

High wind: 10 mph at 8:30 am