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Crazy thunderstorm here

Our forecast is 75-80 all week. Just about perfect.

It's mostly done here... But there are very few white pines here, mostly red spruce and balsam fir

Very nice! Mine are still budding. I posted last week how there were no lupines at the Lupine Festival in Sugar Hill this year. Kinda sad, it's very pictoresque but it was nothing but green lawns this year.

Totally right. The next question is... this is my third summer here, why is it that it’s the first time I notice them???

Hey peeps. Question. We are under attack by these stupid little bugs I've never seen before. Even my poor dog is full of bites. Daycare is keeping the kids inside because of them. WHAT ARE THEY??? And most importantly... when will they be gone??? They are awful! And I'm not sure what they are. They look almost like a tiny beetle... bigger than a gnat but much small than a fly. Any ideas???

We were at 36 this morning and already down to 44. Hope we don't freeze.

Gorgeous day today made it to 78 after a low of 36 - a 42 degree swing! Went to the Lupine Festival in Sugar Hill and ironically... Not a single lupine is flowering yet! Kinda funny. Things are definitely behind schedule.

Spring snow

Mostly. I like cool weather but I do miss real summer weather sometimes. We really only get a few days a year of it. Warm nights are really rare.

Lol I know. And my growing season hasn't even really started!

47F, howling wind, wood stove on, and snow showers in the mountains around us. This is June right??? Mt Washington is at 26 with SNSH-

Looks like there are snow showers above 4000 ft or so around us too. Man it's cold

Was up Mt Washington today for a meeting - very cool undercast. Not much left of yesterday's snow, just a little in the shade of the buildings

Headed up the Cog tomorrow as part of an annual local CoC meeting. Glad it wasn't today!

Bottomed out at 31.8F here around 3 am, then went up steadily since then - cloud cover? Cloudy and 45 currently

And now a freeze warning. Grrr

It seems like leaves literally grew overnight. Amazing.

Agree - it felt fantastic! Even during the day it was very enjoyable (we were doing Disney so no pool access during the day). Mexico was downright hot but I was in the pool all day there. Coming back to 40 degrees and the smell of smoke (renters had stove going) felt like the transition from summer to fall. Off topic, but really sad situation down in Mexico. Beaches that used to be immaculate were covered in sargassum. Apparently it's been happening for 2 years. Some attribute it to global warming and pollution but it's not entirely clear. Still, heavenly places like Akumal which had swimming pool like coastline now have brownish water and piles of algae everywhere. It's sad. We went diving and you notice a thick brown layer in the top 20 ft or so of water. The reef don't seem affected... For now. But it's a stark wake up call and reminder of what we are doing to this planet.

Got back last night from a Mexico and Orlando trip. Glad that I missed this nonsense. I was hoping to have some more green by now, still nothing though at least the daffodils are up and the forstythia is sporting its usual 4 flowers on the lowest branch. Yippee. I'm soooo ready for summer.

Last patch of natural snow (not snow pile) about to melt in my yard

Yes that’s exactly what it is. Just like rhododendrons. Bottom foot looks great and anything above that dies completely. It amazes me how the local big box stores carry mostly plants that are not hardy in Northern New England

Some pretty cool clouds on the rock pile

My crocus are flowering! Just crocus but hey, it’s a sign of spring. Forstythias don’t flower here - I have one but all you get is a few flowers on the very bottom

The mountains looked awesome once it “cleared” this afternoon