Now that I know that we are highly unlikely to have snow or frost, I can get really excited about spring. And I am. Excited.
In my morning photo today you can see the soft green that is coming to the trees --
Better seen here --
Those are the colors of spring in Maine for me -- that soft young green, the reddening of the buds on other trees and the deep green of the evergreens.
Today we went down to the Farmer's Market. This is just the second week it has been open this season. And in its new location, down on the waterfront, there is more room so more vendors. This year there are several people selling meat and poultry. Today we bought some bacon from organically raised heritage pigs. And we made plans to buy a half lamb later in the year when they are available. And decided we will start buying chicken there also. We have been buying our eggs from there or the Co-Op for a long time now. For the summer anyway, when we don't have to pay for heating oil, we can buy more of our food from local sources. Actually it was a pleasant surprise to see how much was available this early in the season. We got there too late today for fiddleheads.
I think I finally got a good shot of the flames in Medea -- red is so hard to capture accurately, but this is damned close. I figure it will take until late next week at least before I have to get the charting done for the center so that I can start knitting it.
From the soft pastels of the spring colors outdoors to the blood red of Medea -- quite the contrast.