I just learned that the little dog, Jenny, has a new home.  Helen Morrison says:  Jenny now has a new home, a home that understands her wonderful challenges and her loving personality and loyalty.  It is very good news.

If you remember, Jenny is an older dog and her owner is moving across the country and couldn't take her beloved dog with her.  It is great that Jenny can be content in a good home.  It's a big relief for everyone concerned.

Today has been another lovely spring day - not too warm, and with a little overnight rain.  There was a lot of wind, and the water is running off the hills into the pond at a good clip.  We took a walk along Sandy Beach Road today and there are definite signs that there is melting going on, even though the pond still looks pretty solid.  This is a picture of the brook that runs into the pond between Parizo's and Ricker's - the upper side, and then below the road.  It is not at flood stage, but there is a lot of water there.

There's still quite a bit of snow in the fields and although the pond is beginning to get a little darker, there isn't much water showing along the shoreline yet.  The channel is open much further down than it has been, and there seems to be some flooding up there.  We are expecting tomorrow to be a very warm day and I think there may be more rain before we get another cold spell that will slow things down again. 


I haven't heard how the sugar makers have been doing, but it 

seems as if they should have had a few days with good runs.  The tree buds certainly haven't started in our area, although my daffodils at the south end of the house are up three or four inches and looking good.  It's really nice to see some bare ground.  This robin was happy to find a little strip of grass along the side of the road a few days ago; today we saw lots of them on new bare spots in the field by Morgan's and along Sandy Beach Road.  The crows are having loud meetings as they search for proper nesting spots, too.  There's a lot more going on in the past few days - we just hope the weather doesn't turn bitterly cold and stay that way too long.