I’m glad to report that it finally appears that spring is here. Today there’s a steady rain which should wash away most of the snow that’s still on the ground. Also, the temperatures are supposed to get near 60 degrees this week, so after several weeks of below average temperatures, it looks like we’re finally on our way out of winter.

And what a winter it was. I don’t have the exact numbers, but my impression is that this was one of the “snowiest” winters in several years here in this area. I actually heard that Boston received the fifth highest snowfall it’s ever had this past winter. Combined with those killer storms in southern California earlier, apparently this was a winter for extreme weather on the coasts.

Whatever the case may be, it is a shame that spring seems to last the shortest -- everything comes into bloom relatively late and then it gets real hot too soon. Oh well, such is life in the northeast . .