Greetings and welcome!
It was indeed a beautiful weekend. There was some wind, but that was ok, it was a warm wind and it helped to keep the bugs down. The bug of the week was the gnat, and they were out in force at my house. Like I said the wind helped.
I also kind of had it coming. I was mulching the leaves with the mowers since they were so nice and dry, and apparently that stirred up a few gnats. The grass didn’t really need cutting, with the exception of some of the more aggressive crabgrass, but it was good to mulch up the leaves and thatch and give the new green grass a little light.
The grass has greened up, but the green explosion of all of the trees and ferns and underbrush has not started yet. The maples are dropping their red flowers. I am seeing first buds on some bushes ( pussy willows?) and the ferns are close to bursting forth.
I think that the lack of rain has slowed the greening down a little. I usually look for things to green up about May 10th, but with the early departure of the snow and warm weather in the past few weeks it probably would have started by now with normal rainfall.
We had a good storm last night. There was some lightning, a few wind gusts and some rumbles of thunder. The first thunderstorm of the season made a good show. It also brought almost 3/4″ of much needed rain.
There is a small chance for rain mid- week with the best chance for Thursday and Friday. The weekend looks dry with highs in the mid to upper 60s.
Fishermen had mixed results last weekend. I saw some nice walleyes taken and some people were getting skunked. One person reported seeing the first snapping turtle up laying eggs. That is pretty early, but we are about a week ahead on spring this year.
I also recall from my younger days that I had good fishing when the turtles are up. It is probably time to tune up the boat and hit the lakes.
Time for me to get back to work..
Have a good week and thank you for visiting!
RJB