'Tis spring, for sure

There are still a half dozen clumps of snow along the road, but the road itself is clear and dry. We saw more beaver cuttings, this time some blueberry stalks along the shore by the sauna. They've worked hard this year.

The water is high, although not unreasonably so for this time of the year. We're getting to the point where we could use a bit of rain. Nothing much in the forecast until next weekend.

So, it's a quiet time as people start to open up their camps. There was one fishing boat on the far side of the lake and two kayakers gliding through the cove. No leaf-blowers. No chain saws. Just birds and peepers. A little bit of sound carries a long way when there are no leaves on the trees or bushes. We appreciated the quiet all the more.

Blueberry buds ready for spring

As best as we could tell from the cove, the ice is out of the lake. They're tough to see, the buds on the blueberry bushes, because of the noseeums that come up like a thick fog in the sunshine.

















There are patches of snow and ice,

















but the sunshine is strong.