HAPPENS EVERY YEAR

IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, WHILE YOU ALL ARE OUT HUTING MORAL MUSHROOMS WE GET A LITTLE OF THE WHITE STUFF ON THE MOUNTAIN.

EARLY MAY SNOW AND OVER NIGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES IS WHY WE HAVE A RULE AGAINST SETTING OUT PLANTS UNTIL AFTER MOTHER’S DAY.

IT HAS BEEN A LATE, VERY DRY, SPRING AND WINTER ON THE MOUNTAIN. THE LOCALS SAID IT ONLY SNOWED FOUR TIMES ALL WINTER FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT INCHES. THE FOREST SERVICE HAD POSTED STAGE I FIRE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE WE EVER ARRIVED. THEY ARE NOW THREATING STAGE II RESTRICTIONS WHICH PREVENTS ME FROM USING THE BIG RED EGG CHARCOAL GRILL ON THE BACK DECK.

MARY’S YARD LOOKS PRETTY BLEAK AS THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THE HOSTAS AND SOME OTHER PLANTS THAT I AM REALLY NOT SURE OF THEIR PROPER  NAMES.  THE IRIS’S GREW ABOUT 7” AND TURNED BROWN….NO BLOOMS THERE.

“SUNNY & 42”