Crocus noses

Along the edge of the foundation, where the snow melts back first, we have little green noses poking out of the semi-frozen muck that is our lawn. In the fullness of time, they should produce flowers.

I guess we've survived another Maine winter.

Along the lines of "Use the right word, not its second cousin..."

Minor glitch at the Pigeon Loft, discussed this morning (it even made the paper) -- roof leaks that closed the first floor restaurant down for a few days. You'll remember that rain of last week? Flood watches and warnings? We got about 2.5 inches of rain here, on top of snow. Contractor is now re-roofing the project.

Some former owner had put standing-seam metal roofing on a low slope roof. When ice blocked drainage, the water backed up over the top of the seams, and found a drain thereby. Hence new rubber roofing.

General rule of thumb -- don't use standing-seam roofing on any roof slope too shallow to shed snow. It's a good material, if applied properly.

Same is true of much of life.