Enter The Lion

March came in like a lamb and gave us eight days of glorious spring weather: warm but not hot, low relative humidity, and mostly sunny. Then the lion showed up and chased the lamb away as a reminder that March is a fickle month in regards to weather.

Our forecast was for heavy rain, high wind, and plummeting temperatures. In combination, this is a recipe for heavy ice coating everything, crashing trees,   and smashing power lines. Thankfully, these elements spread themselves out over two-and-a half-days.

An intense thunderstorm came first, depositing an inch and a third of rain overnight. When the sun came up, the wind came roaring through. Even though the temperature dropped steadily throughout the day, the wind and sun dried everything off so that when we woke up to 22°F (-6°C) this morning, we still had power and a safe walk to the barn.

While the goats were eating their breakfast, I took a walk with my camera to see what I could see.

Winter weather doesn’t last long this time of year, so now, we’re heading into another warming trend. Even so, it’s a good reminder not to be seduced by spring’s siren call of “plant your seeds, transplant your seedlings.” I just hope everyone else in my part of the world fared as well with this weather event.