The lawn is green again the crocuses have almost gone by and the row of daffodils along the stone wall is in full bloom. The grouse are drumming in the woodlot every afternoon and the woodcock are twittering up into the sky every evening. There can be no doubt that spring is here for a fact. Although the weather is in one of those drizzly cold stretches that we have in the spring. I have put almost as much wood into the stove as on a winter day.
I always forget that spring comes in a rush in Northern New England. Seems like only a few days ago there were snow flurries and now there is green grass, daffodils and crocuses. Of course there is still the chance of a little snow but it gets less every day and the ground is getting so warm that it should not amount to much.
I have been weighing some opportunities that have come my way in the last few weeks. I was approached about serving on the board of trustees of a small local private college and asked to serve as the president of the local chamber of commerce within a month. I already give a fair amount of time as a member of the board of the Maine Conservation School and the Maine Tourism Association. This is the 50th anniversary of the Maine Conservation School and there are of course events to mark it which adds to the time commitment.
