[Magdalen] awakened by birdsong

[Charles Wohlers]

Just got back from Mass., where a little more bare ground is showing through 
the snow each day. Normally, we'd have daffodils blooming by now, and (if I 
still had a garden there), I would have just put in spinach and peas. 
However, the daffodils have yet to poke their heads out of the ground, never 
mind blooming, and what was the garden is still covered with snow. Spring 
will come - eventually.

Up here in VT, we've had birds singing for some time now, but, of course, 
only the winter residents: chickadees, woodpeckers, blue jays, etc. In just 
a few weeks the first of the migrants will start arriving and we'll be 
"entertained" by the monotonous and ever-present call of the phoebes.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: P. Dan Brittain
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 5:24 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] awakened by birdsong

Saw this one the other day

http://tinyurl.com/qzphhsj

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 4:12 PM, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> You all have seen the pictures showing that this last northern winter
> is the warmest on record?
>
> http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/warmest-winter-on-record-earth
>  I guess the USA should be proud that it's providing the necessary
> balance. <sarcasm off> Looks like the cold, cold north Atlantic is the
> attraction for all the wind sweeping across Bedford.
>
> Regards
> Lesley de Voil
>
> On 4/1/15, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > On 31/03/2015 21:43, Eleanor Braun wrote:
> >> On Cape Cod, this was the first day that actually looked like spring,
> >> although there are patches of snow on the ground, and of course snow
> >> mountains on the edges of major parking lots.
> >
> > Whereas here in England we have had what I sincerely hope is Winter's
> > last fling.  We have had strong winds for 24 hours, with consequent
> > damage, and a heavy hail shower.  The wind speed is expected to halve
> > from about 30 mph with gusts of 50-60 mph.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>



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