Mud Season

 Hi everyone. Hope everyone is having a nice weekend.

There is a saying that goes "as exciting as watching paint dry" or sometimes "as exciting as watching paint peel".   That slow and tedious process is how I describe waiting for spring to arrive at this time of year. We had a warm week last week, and even though  a lot of snow melted, it didn't all disappear. When it did melt, because the deeper ground hasn't thawed yet,  we've had puddles. And mud.

Now we're back to cold for a couple of days. March is so fickle, isn't it?

It's mud season, the 5th season of the year.

This was my driveway on Tuesday afternoon.

And then the backyard and driveway on Wednesday.

Then we had a couple of beautiful warm days. Thursday we even hit 64 degrees (just about 18 degrees C).

My road is a mess. And you should see the outside of my car.

Slowly, slowly it melts.

Too slow for my impatience for spring.  Watching the snow melt is like watching paint dry. 

BUT I do know that there won't be spring until it does all melt. 

There are some signs of spring.

Look at how much more snow is gone in just a few days. And there are rings around the bottoms of the trees in the woods, where the snow has melted closest to the trunk. That means those trees are starting to take up water so the leaf buds can grow bigger.  

New Hampshire Fish and Game sent out an email the other day saying it is time to take in bird feeders. Bears are coming out of hibernation. I won't stop feeding, but I do bring the feeders in at night and put them back at during the day. I hate giving up seeing the birds at the feeders, even though I know bears can be out in the daytime.

Seeds are out in stores, the first thing we see here in New Hampshire. I picked up some packets when I was in Home Depot getting paint. (I'm in the slow process of painting my living room.)

Thursday it was even warm enough to set up a beach chair on my back deck. I brought out a book and enjoyed several hours of reading in the sun. It was too nice to do anything else.

Pete soaked up some sun too. 

Hopefully NO more snow, but I have a feeling it is a little too early to wish for that to come true. March is, after all, torn between winter and spring, at least here in New Hampshire.

Have a great rest of your weekend. I may do some living room painting, but I'm not sure yet what I might end up doing.

And thanks so much for visiting.