Tag Archives: spring

Winter’s Joys (Really).

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Brenda Buchanan

It’s March, and there’s only so much complaining you can do about the sleet, the slush and the potholes, so today I’m going to talk about the joys of winter. The snow’s piling up outside my window as I write … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Barbara Ross, Cheryl Head, maine clambake mysteries, mittens, Perked Up, soup, spring, Time's Undoing, winter | 8 Comments

Maine Writers’ Signs of Spring

Posted on April 30, 2019 by mainecrimewriters

Today, we’re taking a break from our works in progress to share some photos and stories about the return of spring. Spring comes slowly to Maine, as the tips of trees grow red and the first small bits of yellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Group Post, Uncategorized | Tagged Bird songs, FEDCO tree sale, ice out, John Clark, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Maine town meetings, Maureen Milliken, moosehead lake, mud season, Parsnips, Sandra Neily, spring, Susan Vaughan | 1 Comment

Springtime Rituals

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

I filed my tax returns yesterday, went to the main post office in Portland, walked into the circa 1932 building and put them in the big chute mailbox, just like I did before there was an internet. Tradition can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged birding, garden, Maine, rituals, spring, St. Patrick's Day, Taxes | 6 Comments

HAPPY VERNAL EQUINOX

Posted on March 19, 2019 by susanvaughan

Susan Vaughan here. Happy spring to everyone, although here in Maine true spring won’t show up for a month or more. Nevertheless, March 20, 2019 is the spring, or vernal, equinox in the northern hemisphere. As dawn is the time … Continue reading →

Posted in Susan's posts | Tagged calendar, Easter, Eggs, equinox, holidays, spring, Susan Vaughan, vernal | 9 Comments

Here Comes The Sun

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Brenda Buchanan

Two young women in a red convertible with the top down zipped by me when I was driving home from work Tuesday evening. Heads thrown back, sunglasses glinting with the 5:45 rays brought to us by Daylight Saving Time, they were … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Alice Persons, Christmas wreaths, convertibles, frost heaves, mud, Poetry, potholes, spring, St. Patrick's Day | 8 Comments

Spring In My Step

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Brenda Buchanan

It’s here! It’s here! Spring’s finally here! It was a long, damn winter, wasn’t it? The pre-Christmas snow. The post-Christmas cold snap that went on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. The ice and the slush and those three annoying nor’easters in the month of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged baseball, crocus, garden, raised-bed, songbirds, spring | 8 Comments

Spring’s Sweet Rituals

Posted on April 12, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

By Brenda Buchanan Winter’s cold, dead fingers were pried away from Southern Maine this week. No one mourned. This year’s transition to spring demanded the same kind of emotional fortitude one needs to get over a bad head cold that … Continue reading →

Posted in Brenda's Posts | Tagged peepers, Red Sox, red-winged blackbirds, spring, warblers, Woodpeckers | 15 Comments

Beware the ughs of March

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Maureen Milliken

Ah, March. March in Maine. What can we say? It’s Maine’s worst month. No “arguably” about it. It just is. Winter is not over. Sure, sure spring starts in March. But it really doesn’t, if you know what I mean. … Continue reading →

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MAY FAVORITES NO MYSTERY

Posted on May 11, 2016 by mainecrimewriters

Susan Vaughan here. My dog Sasha insists on taking me for walks along our lane and on the woods path, showing me all the new growth and returning birds. So here are my faves, as we stroll along… Dogtooth violets … Continue reading →