Goodbye Winter.

It has been one of the coldest, snowiest winters we have seen in Virginia in over 20 years. I am glad to say goodbye tomorrow. We usually have cold snaps lasting 3-4 days at a time followed by temps in the 50s. And we might have a slight snow shower of 3-4 inches once or twice during the winter. This winter, the snow started before Christmas. We had 14 inches on January 30th as seen below.





We had three other major "snow events" throughout February dumping another 10 inches or so. Our creek stayed frozen for 2 months straight. We had to halt construction on our dock and boathouse.





And then two weeks ago the temps finally got above 45 degrees during the day. Hello Spring!

Happy Birthday, Hunter!

Today is Hunter's 45th birthday. He spoke to his parents this morning and his mother recalled the day he was born like this.

On a very snowy morning January 30, 1965, Hunter's parents went to their local doctor for a checkup. The doctor turned to them and asked, "Do you have good snow tires on your car?". They said they did and the doctor announced that they should make the 85 mile trip to the hospital in Richmond that very minute. They arrived at the hospital at 11am and Hunter was born at 1:10pm.

We have about 6 inches of snow on the ground today. This is the third snowstorm for us this winter. This is almost unheard of in the eastern part of Virginia. A light dusting of snow, maybe. But the way it is snowing today, we will probably have a foot of snow after it's done. We can't help but laugh at the irony. Hunter's parents said the snow on the day he was born was just like today. What are the odds of it happening exactly 45 years later? Even more ironic? Hunter hates snow! I took this picure today at about 1:10pm. Happy Birthday, H-Bear!!!